by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 4, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
They also found that banning sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths across 185 countries by 2095. Of these deaths, nearly two-thirds would be averted in low- and middle-income countries, because they tend to have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 26, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
”Combined NRT and behavioural therapy resulted in nearly 5-fold higher quit rates compared to counselling alone. The clinical trial demonstrated the efficacy of NRT for both smokers and smokeless tobacco users,” said Dr Utkal Mohanty, associate professor,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Policy
“Vaping has become the No. 1 behavioral issue in high schools, and it’s becoming widespread in primary schools. This must end.” Butler said the hard-won gains in public health relating to the reduction in smoking could be undone by the “new threat”....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2023 | Facts, Health
Loneliness increases the risk of premature death by nearly 30%, with the report revealing that those with poor social relationships also had a greater risk of stroke and heart disease Washington DC: Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2022 | Health, International News, Policy, Regulation
The law states that tobacco can’t ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009 – and from now on, the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and up New Zealand is not the only nation pushing to ban smoking for the next...
