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Since last year, Rs 97,760 have been collected in 411 fines for violations under the COPTA
However, there is a growing trend in the use of alternative tobacco products, such as waterpipe (shisha or hookah), cigars, cigarillos, pipes, bidis (hand-rolled cigarette), medwakh (Arabic traditional pipe), and heated tobacco products (HTPs), as well as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches [6, 7]
We recognise that exposure in a lab is different to inhaled smoke over a long time, but it seems reasonable to hypothesise, based on our research and others that stressful conditions imposed by smoking induce responses in microbial cells leading to adaptation to harsh conditions, with the net effect of increasing virulence and/or potential for infection," lead author Dr Maisem Laabei, from the University of Baths Department of Biology & Biochemistry, said
Most people know only about the dangers of smoking to first-hand and second-hand smokers