India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Women's longevity is slightly more affected by a single cigarette than men It was commissioned by the UK's Department for Health and Social Care The data noted some smokers living long, healthy lives ...

High taxes on factory-made cigarettes have curtailed their consumption but pushed users toward cheaper, more harmful alternatives like bidis and smokeless tobacco, fuelling a robust black market.

It is therefore remarkable that within 50 years of the invention of the mass produced cigarette, smoking among women in North America and northern Europe has become socially acceptable and even ...