Time spent on social media was associated with an increased risk of cigarette and e-cigarette use in teenagers, according to new research. The study, led by researchers at the University of Glasgow, found that teens who were on social media for more than two hours a day, were more than two and half times more […]
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New WHO campaign highlights tobacco industry tactics to influence public health policies: The World Health Organization (WHO), officially launched the “Stop the lies” campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their deadly products, by calling for an end to tobacco industry interference in health policy. This campaign is […]
The Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS) in Täby, Sweden, has raised a critical question about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) strategies in combating smoking and its impact on public health. In a topical paper, ITS highlights the success of Sweden’s transition from traditional cigarettes to smokeless alternatives, urging the WHO to consider this approach as […]
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The Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS) in Täby, Sweden released a topical paper urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to look at the successful Swedish experiences of large-scale transition from cigarettes to smokeless alternatives to reduce smoking-related deaths globally. The paper was published on Qeios—a platform where it can be downloaded. Dr. Lars M. Ramström, […]
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Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking: Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking. Researchers from The University of Queensland analysed national survey data and found the cost of cigarettes has become the number one reason Australians who smoke try to quit. Associate Professor […]
World No Tobacco Day marks continued destruction: The World Health Organization (WHO) has today revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing. Every year the tobacco industry costs the world more than […]
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Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths – first global estimates: The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country’s cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization’s recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018. Tobacco use can have direct and indirect effects on children’s health. For example, smoking during […]
Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, according to new research from Imperial College London. The research, the first analysis of the impact of the 2015 tobacco display ban in England, assessed survey responses from 18,000 11-15 year olds from across England […]
Nicotine exposure during pregnancy, whether from smoking cigarettes, or nicotine patches and e-cigarettes, increases risk of sudden infant death syndrome – sometimes known as “cot death” – according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexpected death of an infant under 12 months of […]
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From now on, you won’t see cigarette packs with imperial purple borders, gold lettering and enticing scenes from exotic locations. Instead, all tobacco products will be sold in dull green packets with the brand name in regulation font, without a hint of a swirl or an embossed coat of arms. The UK has become the […]