2-year-old Indonesian Child Smokes 40 Cigarettes Per Day
JAKARTA, Indonesia – where is the earthly habitats heading to? We have read about child-kidnapping and child-trafficking but 2-year-old smoker. No! Shocking report of 2-year-Old Sumatran kid Ardi...
View ArticleLung cancer rates among men and women decline
The American Cancer Society put out their annual report on the state of cancer in the U.S. with some good news, and some bad. The good news is that the American Cancer Society has reported that the...
View ArticleCigarette packs to display graphic images as health warnings
Pictures of diseased lungs and a man blowing cigarette smoke out of a tracheostomy hole in his neck are among the final nine graphic images that will be part of new health warnings on cigarettes and...
View ArticleCannabis joints can bring on Schizophrenia and Memory Damage
Scientists at the University of Bristol found that even one cannabis joint could trigger schizophrenia Smoking just one cannabis joint can bring on symptoms of schizophrenia, a study has found....
View ArticleMen who Smoke More Likely to Suffer Dementia in Later Life
Long-term risks: Researchers found that smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline Those searching for another reason to stick to their resolution to give up cigarettes...
View ArticleUS City Plans to Outlaw Smoking in Apartments
Few argue that smoking is bad for you. However, in Elk Grove, outside of Sacramento, California, government bureaucrats are ready to exploit this fact in order to outlaw people from smoking in their...
View ArticleSafety fears over Electronic Cigarettes because they are Unclean and Unregulated
Health experts are demanding tighter controls on electronic cigarettes amid fears customers could be exposed to poisonous chemicals. The nicotine vapour inhaler devices are not subject regulation, and...
View ArticleSmoking orang-utan to be forced to quit
Keepers at a Zoo in Indonesia are planning to help an orang-utan named Tori give up smoking. The animal started ten years ago after visitors to the Zoo on the island of Java began throwing him...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Issues Warning to Non-Muslims on Ramadan
Millions of Muslim believers gather in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) yearly to celebrate the monthlong Ramadan holiday Saudi authorities are warning non-Muslim expatriates against eating, drinking or smoking in...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Stop Smoking
For those who (yet again) have earmarked giving up smoking for their New Year’s Resolution, then there is some good news on the way: Facilitas Healthcare has come up with some important new...
View ArticleEU to ban menthol cigarettes
Flavoured cigarettes, including menthol, strawberry, or vanilla, are set to be banned in the European Union. The EU health commissioner also wants to make pictorial warnings occupy 75 per cent of the...
View ArticleRussia to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and clubs
Smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants and clubs, will be banned in Russia from July 1, 2014. The ban on the sale of cigarettes in kiosks will come into force this spring. The State...
View ArticleUK falls behind on premature mortality
A study shows that Britain has a worse record of premature death than other developed countries. Britain has a worse record of premature death than other developed countries, a new research reveals....
View ArticleSmoking ban comes into effect in Russia
A law banning smoking in certain public places, including airports, railway stations and bus stops, comes into force on June 1 in Russia – the country where up to 40 % of the adult population...
View ArticleCancer cases to reach 24 mn yearly by 2035: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that the number of different cases of cancer across the globe would soar to 24 million a year by 2035. The urgent priority is to identify and tackle...
View ArticleE-cigarettes dangerous, at least 50 complaints in US alone
Complaints of injury associated with electronic cigarettes have witnessed a notable spike in the United States over the past year. As many as 50 instances of public grievance, which included burns,...
View ArticleLung cancer can go undetected for 20 years
Smoking is responsible for nine out of every 10 diagnosed cases of lung cancer. Scientists have discovered that lung cancer cells can lie dormant for over 20 years before they turn deadly, helping to...
View ArticleCancer risk highly linked to mere bad luck
A cell undergoing division. About two-thirds of all cancer cases were not caused by environmental factors or bad genes, but rather resulted from random bad luck during stem cell division, a new...
View ArticleGirls wearing lipstick or having an iPhone are labeled BAD in India
The poster by students at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore details things that a bad girl does in India. There are many ways to be labelled ‘A bad girl’ in the UK,...
View ArticleElderly men who exercise for 30 minutes a day can extend their lifespan by 5...
In the UK, people are advised to do 150 minutes of moderate activity such as gardening, dancing, cycling or brisk walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise including playing sport, running or...
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