Tom Power led an alliance that brought about the pioneering health initiative which has since been adopted by more than 70 countries – and has saved countless lives Exactly 20 years ago an Irish civil servant named Tom Power won a...
Dr Carolyn Beaumont’s website prescribes vapes without a direct consultation, and she has given education presentations without declaring financial support from tobacco company Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get...
Ade Adepitan makes a brave attempt to understand South African racial separatists; GoT’s creators deliver a mind-blowing sci-fi epic; Kristen Wiig tries to infiltrate a Palm Beach elite; and vaping goes under the microscope Whites Only:...
A better testing regime is required as official figures show deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is three times higher in deprived parts of the country Ministers are being urged to roll out a better testing regime for one...
Nine out of 10 producers and sellers do not fulfil their legal duty to help consumers dispose of e-cigarettes, study shows A quarter of a billion disposable vapes could be dumped before a ban comes in next year as most retailers are not...
Public health experts say reforms will not affect prescription vapes after Greens and Nationals raise concerns of ‘prohibition’ approach Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails ,...
Jordan North makes some shocking discoveries about the nation’s bad habit. Plus, the emotional final episode of Bring the Drama. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
Council officers to be given power to issue fines in tobacco and vapes bill that will ban future generations from smoking Powers to issue £100 on-the-spot fines are to be handed to council officers enforcing a landmark law banning future...
Libertarian faction of Conservatives expected to stage a rebellion but measure has widespread support Rishi Sunak’s public health policy banning the next generation from being able to buy cigarettes is to be introduced in parliament this...
Who are these people? Why are they doing it? And would I look stupid holding a cigar? All were questions I needed to answer Britain’s young people don’t smoke cigarettes as much these days. Since 2011, smoking among teenagers has fallen...
Proposed £100 charge could be seen as a price worth paying to continue to sell the products Firms flouting the proposed ban on disposable vapes should face harsher fines to deter unscrupulous businesses, the Local Government Association...
With air quality an increasing worry, the health of our lungs has never been more important. Here, experts share how to take care of yours We can’t breathe without them, and there are plenty of things that make them work less well. So...
GPs say patients should be able to fill scripts at any pharmacy and that a health professional should be consulted first Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily...
Campaigners say measure will help tackle ‘pocket money’ pricing that attracts young children to vaping Budget 2024 – live updates Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a tax on vaping products, along with increases in tobacco duty....
We’d like to hear from young people over 18 living in the UK who have taken up smoking cigars, shisha, cigarillos and pipes A recent study has found a fivefold increase in the number of people who only smoke non-cigarette tobacco over...
Greatest increase in non-cigarette tobacco in past decade was among young adults, researchers say The number of people smoking pipes, shisha and cigars in the UK has risen fivefold over a decade, and experts say this could lead to a rise...
Doctors admit helping patients quit vaping is a ‘new experience’ ahead of a near-total ban coming into force on 1 July Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily...
In the days when smoking was advertised everywhere, the sell was often genuinely bizarre: from dancing polar bears to Ronald Reagan to recommendations from friendly doctors It’s a stretch now to imagine a time when cigarette packets...
Principals, youth workers and parents are seeing the effects of vaping in the classroom, and at ever younger ages Feeling lost and angry over the death of his father, Lucas Sykes started vaping in 2021 after his friends suggested it...
Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses, according to a new study. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term consequences. For many years after...
Smoking shrinks the brain and effectively causes premature brain aging, according to a new study. Quitting smoking prevents further loss of brain tissue but doesn't restore the brain to its original size.
British American Tobacco, the parent company of Camel and Lucky Strike, said the rise of vaping was a big reason it was writing down the value of its brands.
The proposal has elicited mounting opposition from tobacco companies, Black activists worried about police enforcement and small businesses, as President Biden moves into an election year.
British American Tobacco told investors that it had reassessed the “useful economic lives” of some of its brands amid waning sales and a shift toward vaping.
A government anti-smoking plan also includes costlier cigarettes and a ban on disposable vapes. Smoking is the leading cause of avoidable deaths in France.
Researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers -- more than double the previous estimate. The study also found that smoking meant that the baby was...
New research has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognized source of lead and cadmium exposure. This is among the first studies...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on adolescent mental health and substance use, according to a new population-based study based on survey responses from a sample of over 64,000 13- to 18-year-olds assessed prior to and...
Multiple births, a short interval between pregnancies and mothers with a maternal physical or mental health condition are more at risk of having a low birth rate baby. Every year 20 million children are born with a birth weight below...
Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study. Researchers developed a novel machine learning method,...
Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, and the likelihood of cognitive decline is lower for those who have quit, even recently, a new study has found.
While it may seem common knowledge that smoking is bad for your lungs, if and how ultrafine particles present in cigarette smoke impact the development and progression of lung cancer remains unclear. Working with animal models,...
E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, researchers report.
Airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a new study. Researchers said the difference may be due to the way that marijuana is smoked and the fact that marijuana smoke...
A new study has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models -- both in the form of premature and skipped heart beats. The study findings suggest exposure to specific chemicals within...
Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new study of more than 400 pregnant people. Then, in the month after learning of their pregnancy,...
Discarded cigarette butts are a top source of plastic pollution, and a new study estimates that banning menthol cigarettes in the United States would lead to 3.8 billion fewer littered cigarette filters each year, saving about 750,000 kg...
Researchers have found that acute exposure of the skin to thirdhand smoke -- residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked -- elevates biomarkers associated with the initiation...
The majority of the socioeconomic disparity, or deprivation gap, in cancer incidence could have been prevented in England between 2013 and 2017 if nobody had smoked, according to a new study.