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WHO launches new strategy to accelerate global tobacco control
The Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control closed its eighth session – COP8 – on 7 October after adopting...
Harmful use of alcohol kills millions annually – WHO global report
More than 3m people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 published...
Cure for cocaine addiction in reach, say scientists
A radical gene therapy for drug addiction has been shown to dampen down cravings for cocaine and protect against overdoses of the substance that...
Not taught about addiction, doctors are ill equipped to deal with opioid epidemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, addiction – to tobacco, alcohol or other drugs– is a disease that contributes to 632,000 deaths in the United...
3.2 million vape in UK as smokers ‘get the message’ that e-cigs are healthier
More than three million people in Britain are now vapers, new data has revealed, writes the Daily Mail’s Stephen Matthews. Action on Smoking and Health found there...
‘White paper’ call to action on vapour products, harm reduction and taxation
The International Center for Law & Economics in the US has produced a white paper it describes as a call to action for economists and health...
Compound found in gut could help reduce cocaine addiction
US scientists believe they may be on to a possible cure for cocaine addiction with the help of bile acids, the gut compounds used for...
High rates of smoking in people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Having HIV is associated with a greater likelihood of cigarette smoking and using smokeless tobacco, according to US research conducted in 25 countries in...
Support for FDA crackdown on e-cigarette sales to minors
The US Food and Drug Administration is cracking down harshly on manufacturers and retailers who are e-cigarettes who are allowing sales to minors.
US Health and Human...
New e-cigarette product puts anti-smoking campaigns in jeopardy
Adolescent use of electronic cigarettes initially took the US public health community by surprise, reports the New England Journal of Medicine. In 2011, less than 2%...