March 20th, 2019Smoking any cigarettes – even only one a day – during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of unexpected sudden infant death (SUID). Quitting smoking was associated...
March 11th, 2019From the iconic imagery of film noir where cigarette smoke swirls about the night air to the ever-present now of kids being ‘bad’, there is no shortage of social...
It's common knowledge that smoking during pregnancy confers a host of risks on a developing embryo and fetus, including miscarriage, low birth weight and premature...Addiction News
Twenty years ago, Georgia and 45 other US states reached an agreement with tobacco companies that settled all future claims against the firms about smoking. But a...
February 11th, 2019
A real danger is that debate around e-cigarettes drowns out the work needed to implement the full range of tobacco control measures, writes Nicholas S Hopkinsonin a...
The British government is launching a new campaign to try to convince the smokers that vaping is not as harmful as smoking and is a good way to quit, in a bid to counter...
January 14th, 2019Allowing smokers to determine their nicotine intake while they are trying to quit is likely to help them kick the habit, according to an early study involving 50 people...
January 14th, 2019E-cigarettes pose a tiny percent of the risk of cigarette smoking, just 1% to 5% according to authorities like the United Kingdom government, writes Michelle Minton for...
Good public health policy empowers people to make better, informed personal health decisions – rather than punishing them – write David T Sweanor, chair of the...Cardiology
High blood pressure, smoking and diabetes increase the risk of heart attack in both sexes but they have more impact in women than they do in men, shows a study by...
