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GENEVA (Reuters) – The tobacco industry’s sleek marketing is attracting youngsters to e-cigarettes which can lead to tobacco addiction, despite claims by some executives that they aim to solve the smoking epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A saleswoman demonstrates vaping at the Vape Shop that sells e-cigarette products in Beijing, […]
Exclusively using (or "vaping") e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, but many people using e-cigarettes to quit smoking continue to smoke cigarettes. New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that respiratory symptoms–such as cough and wheeze–are more likely to develop when people use both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes together compared with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after COVID-19 upended life for millions of Americans, there are troubling signs that the coronavirus may have also slowed progress against another deadly health threat: smoking. Fewer smokers called quit-smoking hotlines last year and some smoked more, contributing to an unusual bump in cigarette sales — all in the middle […]
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or e-cigs) have recently become a popular alternative to smoking the conventional cigarette. Numerically speaking, there are now over 250 different e-cigarette brands which are being marketed as smoking cessation devices. There is not yet sufficient research on their long-term safety but there is a great support for the opinion that e-cigarettes […]
Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more than a decade, with support from two unlikely backers: Marlboro-cigarette maker Altria and vaping giant Juul Labs. The legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 nationwide, a step long-sought […]
There is no statistical evidence that global cigarette consumption has fallen as a result of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and in low- and middle-income countries it has actually increased, according to two studies led by global health researchers at York University. The studies, published in The British Medical Journal (BMJ), […]
The World Health Organization has praised Brazil’s move to sue two global cigarette makers and their local units for costs of treating tobacco-related diseases, but the firms said Friday they were still waiting for details of the lawsuit. British American Tobacco (BAT), Philip Morris International and their Brazilian subsidiaries were named by the attorney general’s […]
Smoking: price increases and extended the prohibitions in planning Smokers need to make expensive time. The medical Association President Frank Ulrich Montgomery, as well as the Chairman of the Board of the German cancer aid Gerd Nettekoven push for an extension of the tobacco advertising ban on E-cigarettes and tobacco heater, as well as massive […]
Flavors help for Smoking cessation? Smoking is known to be very harmful for the health and can even lead to premature death. Many people have problems stop Smoking. Researchers found out now, that the intention may be enough business to Inhale a pleasant flavors, the Craving for a cigarette away. In a recent study by […]
The World Health Organization called Thursday for better enforcement of bans on tobacco advertising at sporting events, after tobacco companies discretely reentered sponsorship deals with Formula 1 teams. “WHO is urging governments to enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at sporting events, including when hosting or receiving broadcasts of Formula 1 and MotoGP […]