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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Globally, tobacco control measures are not yielding the desired outcomes exacerbating the challenges for policymakers. WHO statistics indicate that 8 million deaths occur every year due to tobacco and an additional 1.2 million deaths are caused due to second-hand smoke. An article by two former WHO officials Prof. Robert Beaglehole and Prof. Ruth Bonita published on Lancet, a global medical journal, suggests that only 30 per cent of the co...

Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Globally, tobacco control measures are not yielding the desired outcomes exacerbating the challenges for policymakers. WHO statistics indicate that 8 million deaths occur every year due to tobacco and an additional 1.2 million deaths are caused due to second-hand smoke. An article by two former WHO officials Prof. Robert Beaglehole and Prof. Ruth Bonita published on Lancet, a global medical journal, suggests that only 30 per cent of the co...

New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) has called on its supporters, consumers of reduced risk nicotine products, and "others who understand the benefits of harm

As the TGA considers at least 4,000 submissions, tobacco companies appear to be heightening lobbying efforts

Scoop Community provides New Zealand Community news and views

Nicotine patches, pills and chewing gums are proven to increase a smoker’s chances of quitting, but none of these are available to people who use South Africa’s state health facilities.

“It is a great injustice that Azerbaijanis who were expelled from the territory of present-day Armenia cannot return to their homes, and that the state of mono-ethnic statehood, ethnic cleansing and systematic racial discrimination continues in this country

South Africa’s anti-smoking policies rely on increased sin taxes to cut smoking rates in the country. Experts say this is no longer enough, but people who use government facilities have very few other tools available to help them stop.

BERLIN – In the Qatari capital of Doha, the decisive phase of the UN Climate Conference has begun. Ministers and government representatives from over 190 countries have until Thursday to adopt concrete measures to save the world’s climate. Part of the ritual at conferences like this is that shortly ...

The Western Azerbaijan Community has called on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to monitor the right of return for Azerbaijanis exiled from Armenia, the press-service of the Community said