cDepartment of Periodontology, Army Dental Centre (Research & Referral), New Delhi, 110010, India Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is a major public health problem associated with both periodontitis and oral ...

People tend to "freak out a little bit" when told that the building blocks of chewing gum were similar to what is found "in car tyres, plastic bags and bottles", Jones said. Oliver Jones, a chemistry ...

SEREMBAN: Customs have seized chewing tobacco products worth almost RM1mil, including duties and taxes, in a raid at Westport, Klang. State Customs director Muhammad Ilyas Queek Abdullah said the ...

Locked in a showdown with big tobacco, then-prime minister Julia Gillard took to the airwaves one early morning in 2011 and threw down the gauntlet. "We're not going to be intimidated by big ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers. Lisa Lowe and Jamie ...

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Getty Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic ...

MANILA, Philippines — Undersecretary Claire Castro of the Presidential Communications Office PCO) defended on Wednesday Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa for posing for a photo with tobacco ...

Tobacco Control Has Saved Nearly 4 Millions Lives, Study Estimates By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Tobacco control measures like anti-smoking ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of microplastics into saliva, which can accumulate in the body and potentially cause chronic diseases. Both natural and synthetic gums release similar amounts of ...

In fact, plastic is so widespread that it has triggered a new geological epoch. Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics.

You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece ... was a measurement error, Dr. Oliver Jones, a professor of chemistry ...

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), analyzed saliva samples after chewing various gum brands. Lisa Lowe, a PhD student at UCLA, chewed seven ...