Global tobacco use tumbles despite industry lobbying: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Global tobacco use has tumbled in a generation with one in five people smoking versus one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The drop comes despite what the UN global health agency said were ongoing efforts by Big Tobacco to seek to influence global health policies to […]
New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
Sydney, AustraliaReuters New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to extinguish smoking were taking too long. People aged 14 and under in 2027 will never be allowed to purchase cigarettes in the Pacific […]
WHO issues first advice on dementia: exercise and don’t smoke
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization published its first guidelines on the prevention and management of dementia on Tuesday, putting physical activity at the top of its list of recommendations for preventing cognitive decline. Stopping smoking, a healthy diet and avoiding harmful use of alcohol were also among the recommendations of the WHO’s report, entitled […]
Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists
Thomson Reuters Foundation Air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, according to research published on Tuesday that called for urgent action to stop burning fossil fuels. Researchers in Germany and Cyprus estimated that air pollution caused 8.8 million extra deaths in 2015 – almost double the previously estimated 4.5 million. The World […]