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Smoking is the worst bad habit
The most significant lifestyle change people can make to protect their health is to stop smoking, researchers reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The new study shows that although regular...
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Smokers 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...
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Bethlehem marches against tobacco
Community marches against use of tobacco BETHLEHEM. – On World No Tobacco Day members from the Department of Health (DOH) in the Thabo Mofutsanyana district marched through the streets wearing T-shirts...
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‘Stand up against tobacco industry’
The Australian government urged other countries to also stand up to the tobacco industry, saying it was confident of victory in a new legal battle over its landmark plain packaging rules. “Big...
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Who is to blame for flourishing illegal cigarette trade?
OPINION: Illegal cigarettes often make headlines in South Africa – a cigarette stash is either seized at the border or is being destroyed, or another smuggler is appearing in court. Unlike illicit...
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‘Stealth-marketing’ campaign against plain packaging
With the looming threat of plain packaging, tobacco companies in the United Kingdom have launched a stealth marketing campaign to try and mobilise smokers to “fight back”. The makers of Marlboro are...
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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...
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Foetal exposure to tobacco smoke tied to hearing
Children exposed to tobacco smoke in the womb may be at higher risk of hearing loss in later years, according to a recent article in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery....
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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...
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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...
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Smoking and heavy drinking speed up mental decline
Researchers from University College London found combined smoking and heavy drinking was associated with a 36 percent faster decline in brain function, and the problem accelerates as the amount of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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No-smoking law leads to fewer ambulance calls
When smoking was banned from casinos in Colorado in the United States, ambulance calls to casinos in the area dropped about 20 percent, according to research reported in the American Heart Association...
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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...
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Fast facts: Women and smoking
Women comprise about one-fifth of all smokers worldwide© WHO 1. They get ’em young: In South Africa, both boys and girls usually start smoking in their teens. Women usually start smoking around the age...
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Alarming new smoking trends among the youth
Electronic, or e-cigarrettes, are only available in South Africa with a prescription and a new study from the United States may prove the benefit of controlling the smoking devices. A recent study by...
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Second-hand smoke by numbers
600,000 – The number of people who die annually from second-hand smoke. In adults, second-hand smoke causes serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung...
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