Health
Still at war with the tobacco epidemic, Indonesia must control e-cigarettes too
Several countries are banning e-cigarettes due to revelations of health risks to both users and bystanders.
Oct 8, 2019
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Tobacco giants still marketing cigarettes despite plain packaging legislation
Fresh evidence has revealed that major tobacco companies in the UK have made attempts to continue to market their products despite the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes nearly three years ago.
Sep 24, 2019
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From smoking to vaping: Why do we abuse our lungs?
Today's growing toll of deaths and serious illnesses associated with vaping represents just the latest variation on an age-old theme: our propensity to willfully inhale substances that damage our lungs.
Sep 19, 2019
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The next battles against tobacco must be fought in the world's major cities
Global cities like New York and London were among the first to pioneer effective tobacco control policies —like smoke-free workplaces, public cessation services and higher tobacco taxes.
Sep 13, 2019
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US billionaire Bloomberg pledges $160m to fight vaping
Billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $160 million campaign to ban flavored e-cigarettes in the United States following a spike in vaping deaths.
Sep 10, 2019
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Anti-smoking advocates bemoan 'faltering' pace of FDA action
It seemed like a new era in the half-century battle against the deadly toll of tobacco: U.S. health officials for the first time would begin regulating cigarettes, chew and other products responsible for a half-million American ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Medications
J&J verdict sends opioid makers a billion-dollar warning
The US pharmaceutical industry faces tens of billions of dollars in potential damage payments for fueling the opioid addiction crisis after Oklahoma won a $572 million judgment against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.
Aug 28, 2019
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FDA proposes graphic warning labels on cigarettes
(HealthDay)—Smokers would have to get past some gruesome imagery to purchase a pack of cigarettes under a new rule proposed Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Aug 15, 2019
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Tobacco industry exposed for continuing to mislead public about e-cigarettes
The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, issued the following statement from CEO Nancy Brown following hearings in the House Committee on Oversight ...
Jul 26, 2019
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Government says England will be smokefree by 2030. But how will it get there?
Smoking causes nearly one in five cancer cases and more than one in four cancer deaths each year in the U.K. Decades of policy action have steadily cut the U.K."s smoking rates to one of the lowest in Europe. But with around ...
Jul 24, 2019
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