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  • COVID-19 pandemic stalls global anti-tobacco progress

    COVID-19 pandemic stalls global anti-tobacco progress

    Global progress in policies to reduce tobacco use slowed for the first time in 12 years following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ...
    Healthy Living
  • Sweden inching closer to becoming first smoke-free European country

    Sweden inching closer to becoming first smoke-free European country

    Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden’s outdoor bars and restaurants.As the World Health Organization marks “World No Tobacco Day” ...
    World News
  • Saudi Arabia’s PIF establishes ‘Badael’ to reduce smoking prevalence in the Kingdom

    Saudi Arabia’s PIF establishes ‘Badael’ to reduce smoking prevalence in the Kingdom

    The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Thursday the establishment of ‘Badael,’ a company that aims to develop, manufacture, and distribute ...
    Saudi Arabia
  • Smokers twice at risk of developing macular degeneration and visual loss: UAE doctors

    Smokers twice at risk of developing macular degeneration and visual loss: UAE doctors

    Smokers are at least twice as likely to develop macular degeneration – which can lead to visual loss – compared to their non-smoking counterparts, ...
    Features
  • Malaysia moves bill banning tobacco sales, joining lawmakers in New Zealand

    Malaysia moves bill banning tobacco sales, joining lawmakers in New Zealand

    Malaysia is considering a ban on smoking and the sale of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people born after 2007, joining New Zealand ...
    Healthy Living
  • Taxation, inflated prices cut the prevalence of smokers in Saudi by a third: Report

    Taxation, inflated prices cut the prevalence of smokers in Saudi by a third: Report

    Taxation on tobacco products and price increases of cigarettes have helped slash the number of smokers in Saudi Arabia by more than a third, a new ...
    Gulf
  • ‘Kick the habit’, say UAE doctors as studies show higher COVID-19 risks for smokers

    ‘Kick the habit’, say UAE doctors as studies show higher COVID-19 risks for smokers

    As studies show smokers are more likely to suffer severe complications from COVID-19, doctors in the UAE are urging tobacco users to stub out the ...
    Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus: WHO to help 100 million smokers kick the habit amid pandemic

    Coronavirus: WHO to help 100 million smokers kick the habit amid pandemic

    The World Health Organization has launched a year-long campaign to get 100 million people tobacco-free as it revealed millions of smokers now want to ...
    Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus: Vaping linked to COVID-19 infection risk in young adults, teenagers

    Coronavirus: Vaping linked to COVID-19 infection risk in young adults, teenagers

    Teenagers and young adults that vape are at substantially higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, according to new research led by scientists ...
    Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus: Smoking linked to higher risk of severe COVID-19, death, says WHO

    Coronavirus: Smoking linked to higher risk of severe COVID-19, death, says WHO

    The World Health Organization says smoking is linked to a higher risk of severe illness and death from the coronavirus in hospitalized patients, ...
    Coronavirus
  • Smokers likely to have more severe coronavirus symptoms, urged to quit

    Smokers likely to have more severe coronavirus symptoms, urged to quit

    The world’s estimated 1 billion smokers are likely to experience more severe symptoms of coronavirus and should quit the toxic habit, warn health ...
    World News
  • Canadian vaping study details danger from ‘popcorn lung’ chemical

    Canadian vaping study details danger from ‘popcorn lung’ chemical

    A 17-year-old Canadian nearly lost his lungs after five months of intensive vaping, but the ingredient suspected of doing the damage, diacetyl, is ...
    Healthy Living
  • Arrests ordered in Philippines vaping ban

    Arrests ordered in Philippines vaping ban

    Just hours after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would ban e-cigarette use, police were ordered on Wednesday to begin arresting ...
    Healthy Living
  • Russia smokers fuming after balcony ban

    Russia smokers fuming after balcony ban

    No more late-night balcony cigarettes, summer barbeques or candle-lit patio dinners: Russians are fuming at the latest fire safety legislation adopted ...
    Variety
  • US public health agency probes lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use

    US public health agency probes lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be linked to ...
    Healthy Living
  • Vaping companies sue to delay US e-cigarette review

    Vaping companies sue to delay US e-cigarette review

    A vaping industry group sued the US government on Wednesday to delay an upcoming review of thousands of e-cigarettes on the market.The legal challenge ...
    Variety
  • WHO says e-cigarettes ‘undoubtedly harmful’

    WHO says e-cigarettes ‘undoubtedly harmful’

    Electronic cigarettes are “undoubtedly harmful” and should be regulated, the WHO said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping ...
    Healthy Living
  • Beverly Hills poised to outlaw all tobacco sales

    Beverly Hills poised to outlaw all tobacco sales

    Posh Beverly Hills is poised to outlaw the sale of all tobacco products -- except at cigar lounges where the rich and famous like Arnold ...
    Healthy Living
  • Japan university stops hiring smoking professors

    Japan university stops hiring smoking professors

    A Japanese university has stopped hiring professors and teachers who light up, officials said Tuesday, as the nation steps up an anti-smoking campaign ...
    Variety
  • Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists

    Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists

    Air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, according to research published on Tuesday that called for urgent action to stop burning ...
    Healthy Living
  • Tobacco giant strides into vape market with $13B Juul stake

    Tobacco giant strides into vape market with $13B Juul stake

    Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is spending nearly $13 billion to buy a huge stake in the vape company Juul as cigarette ...
    Financial Markets
  • E-cigarette usage nearly doubles in US high schools - survey

    E-cigarette usage nearly doubles in US high schools - survey

    The percentage of high school seniors who used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days nearly doubled to 20.9 percent from last year, results of a survey ...
    Healthy Living
  • Tobacco giant Altria pulls some vaping products from market

    Tobacco giant Altria pulls some vaping products from market

    American tobacco giant Altria, maker of major brands like Marlboro and Chesterfield, said Thursday it will remove certain vaping products from the ...
    Healthy Living
  • Anger over video of Egyptian children smoking shisha in a café

    Anger over video of Egyptian children smoking shisha in a café

    A video of Egyptian children, between the ages of 10 to 15, smoking shisha in a café in Upper Egypt on the first day of Eid al-Fitr circulated ...
    Variety
  • Indonesian orangutan caught puffing on zoo visitor’s cigarette

    Indonesian orangutan caught puffing on zoo visitor’s cigarette

    Indonesia can now add a smoking orangutan to its roster of nicotine addicts. A video taken recently shows the beast picking up a cigarette butt that ...
    Variety
  • Goodbye hookahs? Smoking in the UAE accounts for 3,000 deaths per year

    Goodbye hookahs? Smoking in the UAE accounts for 3,000 deaths per year

    It may be time to set your hookah cravings aside and halt the ash formations. A new global report, The Tabacco Atlas, has shown that smoking accounts ...
    Variety
  • Should Iraq approve the Arab League’s possible smoking ban?

    Should Iraq approve the Arab League’s possible smoking ban?

    The agenda of the upcoming 29th Arab Summit includes a very important topic that pertains to the health of millions of Arabs and non-Arabs living in ...
    Middle East
  • VIDEO: Hard-hitting new advert urges UK smokers to quit

    VIDEO: Hard-hitting new advert urges UK smokers to quit

    New anti-smoking ad shows cancer-causing chemicals flooding major organs within seconds. In the advert, gruesome footage shows a man’s veins ...
    Healthy Living
  • Smoking to be stubbed out on Thai beaches

    Smoking to be stubbed out on Thai beaches

    Smokers who flout a smoking ban on 20 of Thailand’s most famous tourist beaches will face a $3,000 fine or up to a year in prison, Thai ...
    Travel and Tourism
  • Does doubling of UAE cigarette prices only hit low-income smokers?

    Does doubling of UAE cigarette prices only hit low-income smokers?

    Cigarettes and tobacco products have suddenly shot up in prices but is this enough to curb smoking? Saudi Arabia doubled the price of cigarettes and ...
    Features
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