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E-cigarettes exposing rising number of kids to nicotine

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Washington:  A US study has suggested the e-cigarettes have hooked a new generation of children to nicotine who otherwise might not have taken up images at all.

The study found e-cigarettes’ usage has grown exponentially among teenagers in the US, especially in the Hawaii state.

Nearly 30 percent of the over 1,900 teenagers surveyed in Hawaii were found to have tried e-cigarettes, and of those, 17 percent were using e-cigarettes only.

The overall rate is about three times higher than previously reported in the US studies in 2011 and 2012, which showed rates of 4.7 percent and 10 percent respectively, the researchers said.

“You have to think carefully about the risks and benefits of using either tobacco or nicotine, which is known to be an addictive substance,” said Thomas Wills from University of Hawaii Cancer Center.

“A lot of teens think it is easy to quit smoking but it isn’t true. It’s hard for anybody to quit,” Wills added.

He said e-cigarettes are widely available in the absence of restrictions on their sale, and that may help explain why the rate of use is so high in Hawaii.

The study appeared in the journal Paediatrics.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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