E-Cigarettes ‘should Be On Prescription’
E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, according to Public Health England (PHE). The agency wants them to be prescribed on ...
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See Health Risks Associated With Popular Hookah
Rwanda Bans Shisha – The government of Rwanda has banned smoking of water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as shisha. In a public ...
Tobacco Shares Nosedive On FDA Regulation Warning
Major tobacco producers saw their share prices tumble on Friday after US health officials said they would explore ways to ...
British American Tobacco Wins Brexit Sales Boost
British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net profits, but sales ...
Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the ...
Ministry of Health Outdoors Legislative Instrument On Tobacco Control
A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health ...
FDA Officers Schooled On Tobacco Control Regulation 2016 L.I.2247
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has organised a day’s training workshop in Accra for its regional officers and law ...
‘Sky Girls’ Empowerment Initiative Launched
SKY Girls’, is a movement by girls, for girls designed to strip the aspiration out of smoking and contribute to ...
MzVee, Adomaa & Yaa Yaa For SKY Girls Launch Party On April 29
MzVee, Adomaa and Yaa Yaa will perform at the SKY Girls launch party on April 29 at the Aviation Social ...
Smoking To Kill 200 Million In China This Century
Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report ...
Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, New Study Shows
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, ...
Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, Study Shows
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries - China, ...
Treaty Slows Global Tobacco Use By 2.5%
Tobacco use fell by 2.5 percent worldwide a decade after the first global health treaty went into effect, World Health ...
Smoking Paradise Japan Tries To Kick the Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures ...
10 Tips To Help You Quit Smoking
Smoking is injurious to health! We all know it, but still many people are addicted to smoking and no single ...
Shanghai Expands Public Smoking Ban
Shanghai widened its ban on public smoking Wednesday as China's biggest city steps up efforts to stub out the massive ...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Die Annually
Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a ...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Annually – WHO Report
About six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint ...
British American Tobacco Plans $47bn Reynolds Merger
British American Tobacco is planning to merge with its US partner Reynolds in a deal valued at $47bn (£38bn). BAT ...
Burning the Bridges of Lies Tobacco and Fossil Fuel Industry Built
He smoked cigarettes and coughed a lot, leaning against the walls of a street in a cold morning. As I ...