Health
UK approves plain cigarette packaging for 2016
Britain will become the first European Union nation to introduce plain packaging on cigarette packets after members of the House of Lords rubber-stamped a new law on Monday.
Mar 16, 2015
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Half a million children predicted to die from smoking as MPs head toward a vote on standard cig packs
Around 500,000 children will die from smoking when they are adults unless more is done to cut smoking rates according to new Cancer Research UK figures released today (Friday).
Feb 27, 2015
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Experts fear e-cigarettes fuel teen addiction
E-cigarettes can be an effective tool for smokers aiming to kick their tobacco habit, but officials fear the devices are also creating nicotine addiction among adolescents.
Feb 14, 2015
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Study ties more deaths, types of disease, to smoking
Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due to tobacco ...
Feb 11, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer now top cancer killer for women in rich nations
For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in rich countries.
Feb 4, 2015
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New data model gives insight into youth smoking variation across England
New figures released today estimate smoking rates among young people (aged 15) in local areas of England for the first time.
Jan 28, 2015
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Health
China's aging population poses challenges, but policy changes can help
While the rapid aging of China's population is thought to condemn the nation to a dismal future, past policies on education and new policies to improve health and foster internal migration could ease the challenges posed ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Smoking still causes large proportion of cancer deaths in US
A new American Cancer Society study finds that despite significant drops in smoking rates, cigarettes continue to cause about three in ten cancer deaths in the United States. The study, appearing in the Annals of Epidemiology, ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Smoking rates halve since 1970s in Britain
The number of smokers in Britain has more than halved in the past four decades, according to the latest figures.
Nov 28, 2014
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Smoking cessation in hospitals could cut smoking rates significantly
Ensuring smoking cessation is offered routinely while smokers are in hospital could help cut smoking rates significantly and save the NHS money, concludes a study published online in the journal Thorax.
Nov 10, 2014
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