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An “endgame” approach focuses on ending the tobacco pandemic, and foresees a tobacco-free future.
Snoring has been linked to serious health conditions such as obstructive sleep apnoea and even cardiovascular disease.
We know that smoking and drinking is bad for your memory, but combined, they’re so much worse.
Epigenetics may explain why children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to use substances later in life.
Many fork out considerable money in pharmaceuticals along the way in the attempt to shake their smoking.
A collaboration of Australia’s leading scientists, clinicians and health organisations announce ten priority policy actions needed for Australia to reach its health targets by the year 2025.
The effects of long-term tobacco smoking on our mental faculties such as memory and concentration are only now becoming known.
An Australian study of 204,953 people also confirmed the two in three death rate from smoking.
Developing brand new treatments and cures isn’t the only way to achieve a major reduction in cancer deaths worldwide.
To discourage smoking, insurance companies charge higher premiums for smokers. This is having an unexpected consequence: rather than quit smoking, poor people are quitting insurance.
Almost half of pregnant Indigenous women smoke compared to one in eight in the non-Indigenous population. This means 7,000-9,000 Indigenous babies every year are exposed to smoking in the womb.
Over the past decade, every researcher’s email inbox has been crammed daily with junk from what have come to be known as predatory journals and conferences. Last week I had 21 offers to send my non-existent…
The Uruguayan government’s victory over Philip Morris should embolden other countries to introduce stronger tobacco-control policies.
Smoking rates among the poor are almost double the rates for middle-class Americans. Yet we are not providing poor people with the medical help they need to stop. We will pay billions for that later.
The New Zealand government has decided to reorient its priorities in tobacco control. It has announced it will be pulling 73% of its previous funding support for tobacco control advocacy. The only money…
Almost three in four Australian children consume too much sugar, 91.5% of young people don’t get enough exercise, and we’re among the most obese people in the world.
If South African consumers were educated on how to read and understand the information on food labels, they may be more willing and capable of making healthier food choices.
Smoking causes 96,000 premature deaths a year in the UK. The fact that it protects against Parkinson’s disease is not a reason to take up the habit.
New evidence gets to the heart of their cardio-vascular impact.
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