In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Abhijit Borse, Interventional Cardiologist at Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai, explained the intricate ways in which smoking damages the heart is crucial for both prevention and treatment efforts - Mechanisms of Damage Atherosclerosis: Smoking accelerates the process of atherosclerosis, where plaque builds up in the arteries, narrowing them and restricting blood flow
Many of the features included in the HEIC are associated with urbanicity (e.g., land use mix, residential density, and lower speed limits), thereby resulting in low HEIC scores for many rural areas in the study region
It lists, by brand and variant, the price of the most common pack of 20 cigarettes, estimated for August 2025 (indicative values, based on the latest tax harmonizations and field observations)
Beyond their direct health effects, tobacco and nicotine products also degrade the environment through waste, pollution and emissions which compounds the burden on lung health that groups such as ERSs Tobacco Control, and Environment and Health Committees jointly work to address, said Filippos Filippidis, MD, PhD, associate professor in public health at Imperial College London and ERS tobacco control committee chair, in a news release
"They have these places," said Alexander, 33