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E-cigarette use reduces exposure to harmful chemicals similar to smoking cessation

E-cigarettes
New clinical study has shown that e-cigarettes may lead to significant reductions in exposure to harmful chemicals found in tobacco-cigarettes. This in turn helps in cutting the risks of tobacco-related illnesses that are thought to be caused by smoking real cigarettes. Smokers, who shift to smoking only e-cigarette, may find the effects quite similar to complete smoking cessation.
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A man smokes marijuana during an annual 4/20 rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, April 20, 2016.

Marijuana smokers mixing cannabis and tobacco in joints may get addicted

UK researchers have found that cannabis smokers who put tobacco in their joints are more likely to get addicted. Likewise, those who do not mix tobacco are far more likely to quit, if they want. Thus, it is way better to smoke marijuana on its own to reduce harm.
Ritwik Roy Jul 10, 2016
Multidrug Resistant Bacteria In Subway Stations

This deadly bacteria may kill in just 24 hours

Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in better understanding a deadly bacterium prevalent in Northern Australia that can kill within 24 hours by causing melioidosis.
Ritwik Roy Jul 09, 2016
Wine

Wine-producing device invented by scientists produces non-stop wine

Researchers have developed a miniature device that may be capable of producing an endless supply of wine with the help of strategically-placed yeast and fermenting plane old grape juice. American and Swiss scientists are currently trialling the micro winery that can turn grape juice into alcoholic wine in just an hour. Conventional winemakers sometimes take weeks to produce the alcoholic wine.
Ritwik Roy Jul 08, 2016
Sun

Newly-discovered planet with 3 suns in faraway solar system

An international team of scientists have recently discovered a strange planet in a faraway solar system that has not one but three suns. The planet, named HD 131399Ab, is way weirder than Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine in the Star Wars saga that orbited around two suns.
Ritwik Roy Jul 08, 2016

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