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Teens more likely to light up if parents smoked
Teens are more likely to light up if their parents ever smoked – even before they were born – compared to children whose parents have always been non-smokers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. The research…
Cigarette tax also reduces heavy drinking
Hiking cigarette tax may not only prompt people to cut down on smoking, new research suggests it may help reduce heavy drinking among certain groups as well. Researchers assessed the impact that increases in cigarette tax had on drinking behaviour…
Great-grandmother’s smoking can give you asthma
Maternal smoking can cause the third generation of offspring to suffer from asthma, a new study by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre found. The study, published online by the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular…
Fat nation with big health problems
Smokers earn 18% less, spend less on education
Employees who smoke earn 17.5 percent less than their colleagues who don’t light up, according to a new US study. And in South Africa, households that buy tobacco typically spend less on education and food and more on alcohol. On…
Smokers put off by plain packs
More Australian smokers said they wanted to quit smoking since their cigarettes were sold in drab green packs with graphic health warnings as prescribed by the plain packaging law implemented in the country last December. A study of 500 Australian…
Menthol cigarettes more lethal, says FDA
Menthol cigarettes are more dangerous than regular cigarettes. This is according to the results of a scientific review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, which, in light of these findings want to tighten regulation of…
Cutting back on smoking may not increase lifespan
You may be fooling yourself if you think that reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke will protect you from the health risks caused by smoking, new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggest. For the study, researchers from…
Smoking policies save lives
As many as 7.4 million premature deaths will have be prevented by 2050 thanks to tobacco control measures put in place in 41 countries between 2007 and 2010, according to new research published in the Bulletin of the World Health…
Smokers and single men at higher risk for oral HPV
Smokers and single men are more likely to acquire cancer-causing oral human papillomavirus (HPV), according to new research published in The Lancet. HPV infection is known to cause virtually all cervical cancers, most anal cancers and some genital cancers. It…
EU clamps down on tobacco
Member states of the European Union are backing plans for bigger and bolder health warnings on cigarette packs and bans on most flavourings such as menthol. Under the new proposals, prominent health warnings would have to cover 65 percent of…
‘Stealth-marketing’ campaign against plain packaging
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Read More » FaxSmokers cost employers thousands
Workers that smoke cost their employers nearly $6 000 (around R60 000) more each year than their non-smoking counterparts. A new study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found that smokers incurred more costs through taking time off, smoke breaks…