Next year’s ban in England and Wales will put an end to one of the most embarrassingly era-defining trends of the early 2020s There’s a certain combination of hedonism and delusion that the disposable vape smoker knows well. You don’t...
Move prompts fears it will boost black market and prevent regulation: ‘Banning something doesn’t make it safe’ Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum , has confirmed that her government will seek to enshrine a ban on e-cigarettes and...
Crypto. Big Oil. Tobacco. Vaping. The former president has been making overt promises to industry leaders, a level of explicitness rarely seen in modern presidential politics.
Recipients say they filed class-action claims on a whim amid lawsuit alleging products were unlawfully marketed to minors Drewe Raimi was lying in bed scrolling TikTok when she got the notification: Venmo’s cash register cha-ching,...
Exclusive: Government ‘spooked’ by warnings of job losses and pub closures if it added ban to tobacco and vapes bill Downing Street is blocking moves to include a ban on smoking outdoors in the upcoming Tobacco and Vapes bill amid fierce...
Move is designed to combat environmental damage from single-use vapes and their widespread use by children Disposable vapes will be banned from sale in England next summer, the government has confirmed. From June 2025 it will be illegal...
The Federal Aviation Administration did away with a rule that had required an off switch for the sign even though smoking on U.S. flights ended years ago.
Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ right. This live blog is closed In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol...
Exclusive: news comes as figures show a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds in England have tried vaping Rachel Reeves is considering raising the tax on vaping products in her budget this month as figures show that a quarter of 11 to...
The risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy, compared to a child of a mother who is less active, a new study shows.
Rachel Reeves urged to levy ‘double whammy’ on firms’ £1bn annual profits to fund measures to end smoking Doctors and health charities have urged Rachel Reeves to hit tobacco firms with a financial double whammy, including a windfall tax...
Measures to stop children from vaping could be included in forthcoming tobacco and vapes bill Ministers are reportedly planning to ban vaping in playgrounds, hospital grounds and near schools in an attempt to prevent children from taking...
Researchers suggest stricter regulation as one in 10 people in Britain aged 16 or over now use e-cigarettes One million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a seven-fold increase in just three years,...
Researchers say interventions could address key factors, such as smoking, but ‘structural changes’ also needed Four key factors have been identified that together account for more than one-third of the inequalities in infant deaths...
By targeting junk food and smoking, the government isn’t attacking ‘freedom’. It’s just fulfilling one of its most vital roles The UK government’s plans to restrict junk food ads , ban energy drink sales to children and phase out smoking...
Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded water fluoridation among measures planned to help NHS Plans to ban junk food ads and to stop children buying high-caffeine energy drinks are among radical public health measures...
As the government mulls an outdoor smoking ban, clubbers are lamenting the possible loss of a valuable space where friendships are formed and bonds strengthened To some people, the nightclub smoking area offers a moment of relief from...
Research challenges idea that vaping could be healthier alternative to smoking, say authors of research Vaping damages young people’s lungs as much as smoking, according to research that has prompted fresh debate over the health risks of...
Labour wants to restrict people’s right to light up to save the NHS money. What next, a prohibition on promiscuity? All the recent discussion of the pub garden smoking ban the government says it’s considering reminded me, I was surprised...
The percentage of middle and high school students reporting that they vaped tobacco products declined to about a third of the peak levels in 2019, a new survey shows.
Prof Anthony Milton says people who vape should be regarded as drug addicts and doctors should do all they can to wean their patients off them I was interested to read your report on the British Medical Association recommending that...
World Service education | Storm names | Outdoor smoking | The Who v Oasis | Men’s hair Your correspondent ( Letters, 1 September ) will be pleased to hear that the BBC World Service offers an educational programme – Dars – for children...
Dr James Scott says banning smoking in public places is a vital next step for public health. Plus other readers on the potential impact of a ban on pubs I’m a consultant in stroke medicine and spend my life treating people with...
PM faces unease in Labour ranks over winter fuel duty, two-child benefit cap and message of doom and gloom Keir Starmer faces a full in-tray when parliament returns from recess on Monday with a packed legislative agenda, and more doom...
The judge said a loophole exempting casinos from a statewide ban on indoor smoking did not keep workers from pursuing employment in smoke-free environments.
A new study suggests that cannabis, the most commonly used illicit substance worldwide, is associated with an increased occurrence of head and neck cancer.
Having high blood pressure, specifically high diastolic blood pressure, was linked to a slightly higher odds of ever having migraine in female participants, according to a new study. Diastolic pressure is when the heart is resting...
A new study finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 cancer cases and 262,120 cancer deaths in 2019) could be attributed to modifiable risk...
A new study shows that people with COVID-19 who used cannabis were more likely to be hospitalized and require intensive care than those who did not use the drug.
Agents from various federal agencies will focus on unauthorized candy-flavored and nicotine-laden vapes that have flooded the U.S. market from overseas.
Researchers conducted a survey to study how mental health relates to methods people use to quit smoking, also known as smoking cessation aids. While the number of adults who smoke cigarettes has declined globally, people with mental...
Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone. Researchers have now uncovered factors that...
Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a 'smoker's disease,' a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or 50s.
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.
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,...