tobacco
Secondhand smoke common for US teens
Health & Fitness
January 13, 2016
Secondhand smoke common for US teens
Close to half of US middle and high school students who never used tobacco themselves were exposed to secondhand smoke…
Video games with smoking characters lack tobacco warnings
Health & Fitness
September 26, 2015
Video games with smoking characters lack tobacco warnings
Video games popular with children and teens often feature characters that smoke even though few packages carry warnings about tobacco-related…
UK study: E-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco
Health & Fitness
August 19, 2015
UK study: E-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco
Electronic cigarettes are around 95 percent less harmful than tobacco and should be promoted as a tool to help smokers…
WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking
Health & Fitness
July 7, 2015
WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking
Too few governments make full use of tobacco taxes to dissuade people from smoking or help them to cut down…
Cigarette Trade Association: 500,000 children buy, smoke tobacco
Egypt
May 24, 2015
Cigarette Trade Association: 500,000 children buy, smoke tobacco
Approximately 500,000 children under the legal age of 16 buy cigarettes, according to the Cairo and Giza Tobacco Traders Association,…
Ambassador: Egypt to build 2 tobacco factories in Malawi
Egypt
April 23, 2015
Ambassador: Egypt to build 2 tobacco factories in Malawi
Egypt's Amabassador to Malawi Maher al-Adawy announced that the Egyptian government plans to build two tobacco factories in the country,…
Activists: Tobacco company could win lawsuit against Uruguay
World
April 14, 2015
Activists: Tobacco company could win lawsuit against Uruguay
Activists leading a campaign in support of Uruguay's anti-smoking drive have warned that tobacco giant Philip Morris International could end…
New cigarette taxes irk smokers, retailers
Egypt
July 6, 2010
New cigarette taxes irk smokers, retailers
A 40-percent tax increase was levied on tobacco products this month with the stated aim of reducing the number of…
Report: Egypt needs national anti-smoking program
Health & Fitness
April 27, 2010
Report: Egypt needs national anti-smoking program
The first report to include comprehensive data on adult tobacco consumption in Egypt has been prepared by the Ministry of…