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321 Pinoys die every day due to smoking

At least 321 Filipinos die every single day due to cigar-related diseases, according to the Lung Center of the Philippines. According to Dr. Glynna Ong-Cabrera,...

Smoking and COVID-19

By Mylene Orillo Recent studies have confirmed that cigarette smoking can aggravate COVID-19 symptoms in patients and can lead to deaths due to health complications....

Group censures public lobby vs.vaping for return of smoking in US

A consumer group blamed public health lobby against vaping and aversion to innovation in the market for contributing to the return of smoking in...

How to prioritize your mental health, while kicking bad habits during this pandemic

In a 2020 article from the University of Berkeley, the headline reads, “New year’s resolutions matter more in a pandemic.” The thought piece further says that instead...

100 experts push for open-minded dialogue on tobacco control

Independent experts from different countries asked the World Health Organization’s forthcoming tobacco control conference in November to be more open to stakeholders, including consumers,...

The true costs of counterfeit e-cigarettes

The e-cigarette industry, just like many others, have not been spared from imitators looking to make a quick buck. Just as the adoption and...

Choked-up Milan takes smoking ban outside

"It's about time they passed this law. We're fed up with this smoke!" declared Massimo Gabbiadini, a shopkeeper in Piazza del Duomo, after Milan...

How e-cigarette industry has evolved over years

While change has always been constant since the genesis of humanity, the velocity of this advancement has been in full display in the 21st...

Donors distort WHO’s tobacco control policy, say experts

Consumer groups have accused the World Health Organization of being used by big pharmaceutical companies, charity foundations funded by billionaires and state-controlled tobacco companies...

Smoking risks due to combustion, says international expert

A smoking cessation expert said the combustion or burning process is what causes disease and death from smoking.  “Practically all risks to health from smoking...

Guidelines to arrest COPD prevalence in PH

Rolly M., a 62-year-old retiree, had been coughing, on and off, for more than six months when he increasingly felt short of breath just...

Majority seeks more options to stop smoking – study

Eight out of 10 people around the world want governments to adopt a different approach to cut down smoking apart from regulation and taxation,...

E-cigarettes effective in quitting smoking

Smokers are three times more likely to succeed in quitting smoking with the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems or e-cigarettes, compared to those...

Smoking prevalence dips in countries where people switch to safer nicotine products

Warsaw, Poland—Smoking prevalence has declined in countries where smokers switched to safer nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, according to public health experts. “We are...
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