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By helping employees quit smoking, businesses can mitigate the impact of these illnesses, resulting in fewer sick days and improved overall attendance
Sharon Elrai-Price, the director of the Public Health Department in the Health Ministry, presented the survey at a health committee hearing on The Incidence of Smoking and the Steps to Prevent It. Elrai-Price warned of an epidemic of electronic cigarettes, adding that the chances of a youth who uses electronic cigarettes becoming addicted to regular cigarettes are four times as high as other youths
Per capita consumption of Cigarettes in India amongst lowest in the World Over the last three decades, the legal cigarettes share of total tobacco consumption in India has declined from 21% in 1981-82 to 10% in 2023-24
Cannabidiol (CBD) is an active ingredient in pot that is derived from the hemp plant, but it does not cause a high and is not addictive
Some suggest that theres a greater stigma attached to smoking than to drinking and that its therefore tricky to compare the effects of laws governing one to those governing the other