Shockingly nicotine levels found in SA’s babies
One in five South African babies surveyed in two townships have the same levels of nicotine in their system as active smokers.
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17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2018
Tobacco is expensive to the environment
Tobacco farming causes significant damage to the environment and farmers are often in debt as prices are low and production costs are high.
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Africa is the new tobacco target
Africa’s health gains to go up in smoke if tobacco control is not addressed, experts warn at the world’s biggest tobacco control conference.
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Secondhand smoking kills more women than men
Twice as many women die of exposure to second-hand smoke as men, according to the global Tobacco Atlas launched at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health today (8 March).
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Smoking to be ‘cool’
Peer pressure, curiosity and wanting to “look cool” were the main reasons young people were sucking on cigarettes outside False Bay College gave as reasons for starting to smoke.
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E-cigarettes are harmful, addictive
Electronic smoking devices are harmful and not helping people to quit smoking, according to experts at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
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