Indian cinema-goers are exposed to 14 billion images of tobacco use in Bollywood films each year, says a study, calling for measures to deal with this exposure. The study, undertaken by Delhi-based NGO HRIDAY in collaboration with Imperial College London, involved content analysis of 44 top grossing Bollywood films screened between 2006 and 2008. The…
Saif Ali Khan draws ire of anti-tobacco group
An anti-tobacco organisation here Thursday demanded that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan should be punished for violating the country’s anti-smoking laws in promoting his latest film “Go Goa Gone”. Shekhar Salkar, general secretary of National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India, registered a complaint with the North Goa district collector and deputy inspector general of police,…
Positive outlook keeps heart healthy
London: Optimistic people are up to 50 per cent less likely to suffer a coronary or a stroke, American researchers say. Earlier medical studies have shown that negative states such as depression, anger, anxiety and hostility can be detrimental to cardiovascular health. But in the first and largest systematic review on the topic, involving over…
Healthy lifestyle lowers mid-age cardiac risk
Washington: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from your 20s into your 40s may spell lower cardiovascular risk in mid-age, says a new study. “The problem is few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age,” said Kiang Liu, study co-author and professor of preventive medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. “Many…
Lifestyle factors behind most cancers
Sydney: Lifestyle factors, not exposure to chemicals in food and consumer products, are the most significant causes of cancer, according to the latest evidence. Bernard Stewart, professor of oncology at the University of New South Wales, said: “Measures known to prevent cancer include smoking cessation, reducing alcohol intake, curbing obesity and avoiding deliberate sun exposure.”…
SRK plans to quit smoking post ‘Ra.One’ release
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan’s previous attempts to give up smoking may have failed. But the actor now intends to do away with cigarettes after the release of his ambitious film ‘Ra.One’. “I want to give up smoking and will soon do it. Even my daughter keeps on asking me when I will quit it.…
Genes can help you live to 100
Contrary to popular belief, living to a ripe old age has nothing to do with eating right, exercising regularly or quitting smoking and drinking. According to a new study, genes hold the key to longer life. A study of hundreds of centenarians revealed they were just as likely to have vices as other people and…