In silico models include mathematical representations of hemodynamic changes, the mechanistic stimuli and transduction pathways in the CVS, the absorption and clearance of drugs, to name a few (Chen and Popel, in silico models to nicotine effects on fetuses are seriously lacking
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) only recently insisted that bidis be kept out of the purview of the proposed amendments to the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), as a hike in tax on bidis will cost the livelihood of lakhs of workers engaged in the industry and may even push many of them into Naxalism
Nil R, Buzzi R, Battig K: Effects of different cigarette smoke yields on puffing and inhalation: Is the measurement of inhalation volumes relevant for smoke absorption
As for now, with major tobacco companies becoming more and more involved with their own electric cigarette brands, logic tells me it is not happening now, nor will it happen in the future
Its continued presence reflects the long-term strategy of preserving recognizable domestic brands under the state monopoly model
