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Tag: cigarettes

WHO highlights tobacco industry tactics

New WHO campaign highlights tobacco industry tactics to influence public health policies: The World Health Organization (WHO), officially launched the "Stop the lies" campaign as...
WHO highlights tobacco industry tactics

Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking

Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking: Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking....
Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking

Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths

Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths – first global estimates: The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country’s cigarette taxes had met...
Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths

Fewer children buying cigarettes in shops

Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, according to new research from...
Fewer children buying cigarettes in shops

Nicotine in pregnancy increases risk of cot death

Nicotine exposure during pregnancy, whether from smoking cigarettes, or nicotine patches and e-cigarettes, increases risk of sudden infant death syndrome – sometimes known as “cot...
Nicotine in pregnancy increases risk of cot death

Tobacco’s fancy wrappings come off

From now on, you won't see cigarette packs with imperial purple borders, gold lettering and enticing scenes from exotic locations. Instead, all tobacco products will...
Tobacco’s fancy wrappings come off