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 | Nov 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The package of measures would have seen bans on selling tobacco to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009, reduced the amount of nicotine allowed in smoked tobacco products and cut the number of retailers able to sell tobacco by over 90%. They marked some of the toughest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 22, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
The higher number of years of life lost to head and neck cancer in men in India could be explained by smoking habits being different to those in the U.K., with the general population smoking different tobacco products, according to the researchers. Over 1.3 million...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Health, Non-Life, Policy
“Whether sitting in class, playing games outside or waiting at the school bus stop, we must protect young people from deadly second-hand smoke and toxic e-cigarette emissions as well as ads promoting these products,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life
Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year. All of these deaths are entirely preventable. People exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are at risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancers In the last 15...
