tobacco

Secondhand smoke common for US teens
Health & Fitness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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