Addiction
Study finds high level of smoking around others at bus stops
A study of bus stops in the Wellington Region has identified high levels of smoking around other people and high levels of butt littering.
Mar 5, 2014
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Health
Jamaica adopts smoking ban in public places
People caught lighting up in bars, restaurants and other enclosed public spaces now face hefty penalties in Jamaica.
Jul 15, 2013
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Cardiology
Vienna to use public defibrillators to fight heart attacks
Vienna will introduce 60 public defibrillators around the city over the coming months, in a bid to save lives by promoting quicker first aid in the event of a heart attack, authorities said Thursday.
Sep 27, 2012
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Health
Free bus passes have health benefit, say researchers
Free bus passes for over-60s may be encouraging older people to be more physically active, say the authors of a study published today in the American Journal of Public Health.
Sep 20, 2012
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Health
WHO urges China to bolster tobacco controls
(AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization urged China on Tuesday to bolster controls on tobacco in a country where half of adult males smoke.
Mar 20, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
India taken off WHO polio list in major milestone
India was taken off a list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation on Saturday, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling disease.
Feb 25, 2012
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Health
S. Korea activists seek court ban on cigarette sales
South Korean anti-smoking activists have gone to the constitutional court to try to shut down the country's cigarette industry, a court official said Thursday.
Jan 12, 2012
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