Health

Why India ignores a $16-billion smoking-led health crisis

The health costs of tobacco exceeded the combined annual state and central government expenditure on health care by 12% in 2011

Publication Date: 
04/09/2015
Charu Bahri
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Smoking, Health Effects, Tobacco, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, WHO, Health
Health

Tough new laws on tobacco advertising lauded by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed new restrictions on tobacco advertising that take effect in China on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
China Daily
Tags:
Health, Tobacco, WHO, China, Legislation, Smoking, Health Effects, Cancer
Health

Health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness andaffordability for use in national guideline development

This paper provides a concise review of the efficacy, effectiveness and affordability of health-care interventions topromote and assist tobacco cessation, in order to inform national guideline development and assist countries in planning their provision of tobacco cessation support. 

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
Robert West, Martin Raw, Ann McNeill & et al
Addiction
110
9
1388–1403
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Care, Smoking, Health Policy, India, Nepal, China, United Kingdom (UK)
Health

E-cigarettes: Public Health England’s evidence-based confusion

The Public Health England (PHE) reported what it described as a “landmark review” of evidence about e-cigarettes. The headline in their press release quoted their top-line finding—“E-cigarettes around 95% less harmful than tobacco”. Kevin Fenton, Director of Health and Wellbeing at PHE, commented that, “E-cigarettes are not completely risk free but when compared to smoking, evidence shows they carry just a fraction of the harm”. Indeed, the 95% figure was widely picked up in news media. The BBC, for example, reported with certainty that “E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco”.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2015
Lancet
386
829
Tags:
Smoking, Tobacco, Health Effects, United Kingdom (UK), Research
Health

Passive smoking triples men’s gum disease risk: survey

Passive smoking raises the risk of periodontal disease for nonsmoking men by about 3.1 to 3.6 times, compared with men in smoke-free environments, according to a survey by Japanese researchers.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2015
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Health, Smoking, Tobacco, Japan, Diseases
Health

Tobacco use unabated in MP, cancer cases on rise: WHO

About 38% of male population in Madhya Pradesh smoke tobacco daily while 39% population use smokeless tobacco leading to a rise in cancer cases.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Tobacco, WHO, Population, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Health
Health

Young adults believe hookah, e-cigs are safer than cigarettes, study shows

Many college students are making their way back to campus this month, and back to the habits - good or bad - that dorm-life promotes.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2015
Medical Express
Tags:
Health, Smoking, Tobacco, Non Communicable Diseases
Health

Fifty per cent of men addicted to smoking

HA NOI (VNS) — Half the men in Ha Noi are addicted to smoking tobacco, according to Viet Nam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2015
Vietnam News
Tags:
Health, Smoking, Tobacco, Vietnam
Health

City fights for right to breathe

NASHIK: Kick the butt and let people enjoy their right to breathe.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2015
Sumita Sarkar
Times Of India (Nashik)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nashik, Tobacco, Health Effects, NGO, Children, Child Health, Health
Health

Stubbing it out: Ethiopia implements smoking ban

The bars and cafes are full and lively in the northern Ethiopian town of Mekelle—but they are no longer smoke-filled, with the strict implementation of a smoking ban in public places.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2015
Medical Express
Tags:
Health, Smoking, Ethiopia, Tobacco, Africa

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