The tobacco giant hopes that adult smokers will consider alternatives Since 2008, PMI has invested $7.2 billion (Dh26.4 billion) into the science and research of developing and assessing smoke-free products Image Credit: Supplied
While healthcare providers universally advocate the cessation of any form of smoking, one company – Phillip Morris International – has adopted a strategy of weaning smokers off cigarettes by providing less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. “This common sense solution could play a role in reducing the number of people smoking cigarettes, which has the potential to improve public health,” said Dr Gizelle Baker, Director of Global Scientific Engagement at PMI.
“As a company we can’t do it alone” Dr Baker says. “Governments and public authorities have a critical role to play in defining the regulatory frameworks that recognise that not all tobacco products are the same so that they can maximise the number of
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German report: Vegan diets have no ‘ubiquitous deficiency’ in vitamins and minerals The common perception that vegan diets are deficient in key nutrients has been dispelled by German food safety authorities.
In an analysis of vegan diets that included observational data it began collecting in 2017, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) found no widespread deficiencies in calcium, zinc, selenium or iron among those pursuing plant-based diets in a sample of about 60 Berlin residents.
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“vegan test subjects had lower values than the mixed-food group for the minerals zinc, selenium and calcium” the deficit was not considered to be substantial, similarly for iron.