They occur when the valves within the veins weaken or fail, causing blood to pool in the veins rather than flow efficiently back to the heart
They are deadly and unforgiving
According to Revaz Yusupov, deputy head of the Center for the Development of Trade and Industry, which operates the labeling system, the introduction of mandatory labeling has reduced the share of illegal tobacco turnover from 15.6% to 10.8%
Depending on the amount and the duration of the smoking, the rate of occurrence of lung cancer is from five to thirty-five times greater among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers
At first, the study mapped the local target population in selected urban wards in terms of point of sale of SLT, kind of SLT products, extent of SLT use among reproductive age women, based on the key informant interviews of selected persons including, informed members in the community, local school teachers, pan shop sellers, local health workers, older adults