Health
Australia to ban vape imports over child addiction concerns
Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January 1, the government said Tuesday, slamming the devices as recreational products addicting children.
Nov 28, 2023
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News tagged with smoking
Addiction
Decline in excess mortality seen in first decade after quitting smoking
Former smokers avoid more than half of the excess cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality associated with current smoking within the first decade after quitting, according to a research letter published online Nov. ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Addiction
Incoming New Zealand govt to abandon anti-smoking laws
New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Health
Debunking the top myths about lung cancer screening
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., claiming more lives than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer combined. However, it can be a curable disease if detected early through screening, ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Five reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs
Climate change will affect every aspect of our health and well-being. But its potential harms go beyond the body's ability to handle extreme heat, important as this is.
Nov 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Expert highlights the importance of lung cancer screening
Screening for lung cancer can save lives, and there's an urgent need for more screening of people of color. That's one of the takeaways from the newly released "State of Lung Cancer" report from the American Lung Association.
Nov 17, 2023
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Health
Seven countries, 1.3 million lives lost every year: The devastating impact of tobacco revealed
Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2023
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Health
Flame retardant chemicals can cause serious health risks—and they only slow fire by a few seconds, says researcher
House fires are many people's worst nightmare. But chemicals created decades ago to protect people's homes from out of control flames opened our front doors to a new menace: toxic chemicals. Ones that we are consistently ...
Nov 15, 2023
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Health
Proposed smoking ban would improve UK public health—but tobacco industry opposition could be a major roadblock
In his speech on Tuesday, King Charles III outlined what measures the government plans to introduce to cut smoking rates and create a smoke-free generation in England.
Nov 13, 2023
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Immunology
New software tool decodes cytokine 'language' of immune cells
New research from Yale University has unveiled the complex cellular communication system that allows immune cells to mount responses to infection and cancer. The study, published in Nature Methods, reveals how different cells ...
Nov 8, 2023
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