Considering this call, the MoHFW drafted The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) (Amendment) Bill and now has put it in the public domain
Nevertheless, the article (and the press release) states that "social smoking" is a "Major Cardiovascular Risk Factor", when it is more likely that the "social smokers" played down how much they really smoke in the questionnaires because of the stigma (participants were recruited from participants in health surveys, which means a biased sample with high representation of smokers who are aware of the health risks of smoking)
Another study by the American Diabetes Association showed that former smokers had better blood sugar control and needed lower doses of insulin or diabetes medication compared to those who continued smoking
doi: 10.1038/s42255-023-00850-7 105 van GestelJVlamakisHKolterR
And Banks admits that some of those crimes were high-profile
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