January 13th, 2021The government and the tobacco lobby are squaring up for another round of appeals and counter-appeals in the South African courts, over the state’s right to ban...
January 6th, 2021Smoking traditional cigarettes, as well as using e-cigarettes, results in harmful health effects similar to smoking cigarettes exclusively, reports the American Heart...
December 16th, 2020There is now solid evidence that e-cigarettes are less harmful than conventional cigarettes and are more effective in helping smokers to stop than nicotine gum or...
The new International Association on Smoking Control & Harm Reduction – SCOHRE – said in a founding statement this week that it “will drive an open and...
November 18th, 2020Smoking and drinking among 15-16-year-old students are showing signs of decline – but there are concerns over potentially risky cannabis use and challenges posed by...
November 11th, 2020Research shows that electronic cigarettes can help smokers to quit smoking cigarettes, according to an editorial in JAMA by Dr Nancy Rigotti, director of the Tobacco...
November 4th, 2020Tobacco control strategies in South Africa could be complemented by a harm reduction approach to reduce smoking rates faster, writes Marcelo Nico, MD of Philip Morris...
Research suggests that smoking marijuana carries many of the same cardiovascular health hazards as smoking tobacco, writes Jane E Brody in The New York Times.
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October 21st, 2020A University of Oxford study has provided greater confidence that e-cigarettes with nicotine can help more people to quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement...
October 14th, 2020The World Health Organization estimates that the number of smokers in the world – 1.1 billion – will not materially change by 2025. This tells us that, while a...
