News tagged with health warning


Research shows graphic images get smokers' attention

(Medical Xpress) -- They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but its worth might just be measurable in terms of lives, according to research by a University of South Carolina public health professor.

Health created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Philip Morris challenges plain packs in Australia

Global tobacco giant Philip Morris Tuesday stepped up its legal campaign against an Australian law banning logos and branding from cigarette packs, saying it had taken its case to the High Court.

Health created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

FDA adds new heart warning to Sanofi's Multaq

Federal health officials have added new safety warnings to the heart rhythm drug Multaq after company studies linked the pill to higher rates of heart attack, stroke and death in a subset of patients.

Medications created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BAT challenges Australia cigarette packaging law

British American Tobacco on Thursday launched a High Court challenge against a law that will require plain packaging on cigarettes in Australia, claiming it infringes intellectual property rights.

Health created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Philip Morris sues Australia over plain packaging

Global tobacco giant Philip Morris said Monday it was suing the Australian government over a new law requiring all cigarettes to be sold in plain packages.

Health created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Plain-packet cigarettes move closer in Australia

Australia's world-first plan for plain cigarette packaging inched closer Thursday when the legislation passed through the upper house of parliament.

Health created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plain-packet cigarettes delayed in Australia

Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012.

Health created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research examines college students' knowledge about eating disorders

They're the prime demographic for developing eating disorders, yet new research out of the University of Cincinnati suggests that it could be difficult for college students to notice the warning signs. On Oct. 31, Ashlee ...

Health created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature babies at risk of ill health in later life, research suggests

Young adults who were born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health, research from Imperial College London has found. The scientists, reporting their findings tomorrow in the journal Pediatric Re ...

Health created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada orders tougher cigarette warnings

Canada's tobacco manufacturers and importers on Tuesday were given until March 2012 to adopt new austere warning labels on cigarette packages featuring a woman dying of lung cancer.

Health created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Man held in Britain over contamination of painkillers

British police arrested a man on Friday after anti-psychotic and epilepsy drugs were placed in packets of the painkiller Nurofen Plus, Scotland Yard said.

Medications created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plain packaging removes cigarettes' appeal

Removing branding and wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging helps remove the appeal of smoking according to new a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Tobacco Control.

Health created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 10

Australia cigarette pack branding ban moves closer

Australia's parliament has passed two bills moving the nation closer to becoming the first to introduce plain cigarette packaging in a move Health Minister Nicola Roxon Thursday called "courageous".

Health created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Graphic warning labels reduce demand for cigarettes

Will graphic cigarette package warning labels significantly reduce demand? A new study suggests it will.

Health created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Colombia bans sales of loose cigarettes, tobacco adverts

A ban on sales of loose cigarettes and tobacco advertising went into effect Thursday in Colombia, the health ministry said.

Health created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1