Back home in India, the Indira Gandhi-led government passed a legislation in 1975 called The Cigarettes (Regulations of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975, which made mandatory statutory health warnings on all tobacco products, including those of the chewable variety like gutkha and pan masala
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From these findings, it is apparent that effective interventions and strategic public health measures have significant potential to lower smoking in more advantaged social groups, younger ages and less advantaged women
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Diacetyl, in particular, is notorious for causing bronchiolitis obliterans, a debilitating lung disease more commonly known as popcorn lung. This irreversible condition leads to scarring in the tiny airways of the lungs, causing chronic coughing, wheezing, and severe shortness of breath
