About a million people quit smoking in France last year; Here’s why
FRANCE: A new study by the French Department of Public Health has found that one… Read More
7 years ago
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Pakistan ignored proposed tobacco health warnings after foreign lobbying
ISLAMABAD: Philip Morris International Inc and British American Tobacco Plc lobbied Pakistan’s government to not… Read More
7 years ago
With Roman law doctrine, India moves to stub out tobacco industry rights
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is pushing the Supreme Court to apply a rarely used… Read More
7 years ago
Cinemas ordered to run anti-tobacco public service messages
ISLAMABAD: The tobacco control cell of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination… Read More
7 years ago
Mental disorders, poor diets and tobacco make the world sick: study
LONDON: Heart disease and tobacco ranked with conflict and violence among the world’s biggest killers… Read More
7 years ago
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
GENEVA: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the… Read More
8 years ago
World Cancer Day observed
KARACHI: World Cancer Day 2017 is being observed on Saturday with the theme of "We… Read More
8 years ago
Smoking costs $1 trillion, soon to kill 8 million a year: study
GENEVA: Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill… Read More
8 years ago
What’s in cigarette smoke? Most people don’t know
Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are… Read More
9 years ago
New draft of Chinese anti-smoking law weaker than health advocates had hoped
BEIJING: A recent draft of the Chinese national anti-smoking law significantly weakens previously proposed legislation,… Read More
9 years ago
Childhood goes up in smoke for Indonesian tobacco farm workers
JAKARTA: Thirteen-year-old Siti Maryam says she suffers headaches and nausea after harvesting tobacco leaves with… Read More
9 years ago
French insurer Axa pulls out of tobacco industry
PARIS: France's biggest insurance group AXA said Monday it was pulling out of the tobacco… Read More
9 years ago
Plain cigarette packs become law in UK, France
LONDON: The days of branded cigarette packets in Britain and France are numbered as new plain… Read More
9 years ago
Tobacco off Saudi shelves amid price rise speculation
RIYADH: Cigarettes had disappeared from the shelves in some Saudi cities on Sunday amid speculation… Read More
9 years ago
Poor countries increasingly targeted by tobacco marketing
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Faced with falling sales in richer nations, the tobacco industry has increasingly marketed… Read More
9 years ago
Bacon and other processed meats can cause cancer, experts say
PARIS: Eating processed meats like hot dogs, sausages or bacon can lead to bowel cancer… Read More
9 years ago
Canada court orders tobacco firms to pay smokers Can$15.5 bn
OTTAWA: A Canadian court on Monday ordered tobacco firms to pay Can$15.5 billion (US$12.4 billion)… Read More
10 years ago
Fan frenzy as 'Mad Men' nears end
LOS ANGELES: "Mad Men," the award-winning hit series about morally compromised New York advertising executives in… Read More
10 years ago
Health experts defend e-cigarettes despite concerns
Health experts at an anti-tobacco conference in Abu Dhabi defended e-cigarettes on Friday, dismissing widespread… Read More
10 years ago
Campaign hopes for Tasmanian tobacco-free generation law
ABU DHABI: International campaigners for a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after 2000… Read More
10 years ago