In a new study, the health agency urges hospitals and surgeons to play a bigger role to help the world’s 1 billion smokers kick the habit.
Tag: Smoking and Tobacco
Why Is Air Pollution So Harmful? DNA May Hold the Answer
It’s not just a modern problem. Airborne toxins are so pernicious that they may have shaped human evolution.
E-Cigarette Posts on Instagram Struck Down by U.K. Watchdog
Four companies marketing e-cigarettes broke rules barring online promotions, a British advertising regulator said.
Rodrigo Duterte Calls for Ban on Public Vaping in the Philippines
The Philippine president called on the police and military to help in enforcing the ban.
China Effectively Bans Online Sales of E-Cigarettes
The move could effectively shut off one of the biggest markets for an industry that is facing pressure around the world.
India Plans to Ban E-Cigarettes, as Global Backlash Intensifies
Juul and other manufacturers had hoped to expand to the country, which has one of the highest rates of tobacco use in the world.
Shortchanged: Why British Life Expectancy Has Stalled
For the first time in modern history, Britons in some areas are living shorter lives, with poor lifestyles, depression and budget cuts the leading causes.
Philip Morris and Altria Are in Talks to Merge
With Altria’s investment in Juul, a combination of the tobacco giants would dominate the international market for e-cigarettes.
Two U.K. Hospitals Allow Vape Shops in Bid to Promote Smoking Ban
Although e-cigarettes have met with criticism in the United States, public health officials in Britain have embraced their use as effective for people who want to quit smoking.
Smoke, Drink and Eat What You Want, Norway’s Public Health Minister Says
The new minister, from a right-wing, anti-immigration party, told an interviewer that people knew what was healthy and she would not be the “moral police.”