WHO Unveils Global Effort to Fight Smoking
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One billion people may die of tobacco-related illness this century, almost all of them in developing countries, the World Health Organization warned yesterday as it rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to limit the spread of smoking.
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TODAY, smokers across America will be attempting to kick the habit. The Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, tells why they should quit and instructs them on how to do so if only
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US government on Tuesday begins a major court battle to win $US280 billion ($400 billion) that it says major tobacco companies earned from the public by covering up the dangers of smoking.
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OTTAWA -- Canada&#39;s new public health agency should lead the creation of a national ban on smoking in the workplace and all indoor public spaces, states a report commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association.
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A ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants, and pubs that serve prepared food, is expected to head the list of policy initiatives in the Government&#39;s long awaited White Paper on Public Health.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that drastically reducing air pollution in cities could prevent 120,000 deaths a year from respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer.
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More women are lighting up cigarettes around the world even as the smoking rate declines for men, activists attending an anti-smoking conference said Thursday.
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Health officials are hoping smokers take heed to warnings and join the Great American Smokeout. The national day to quit smoking is Thursday and locally, health department
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Nov. 16, 2004 - Britain unveiled tough plans Tuesday to ban smoking in all workplaces and restaurants, as well as most pubs and bars, as part of a major push to improve the health of the nation.
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China, home to one in three of the world's smokers, is set to see a huge rise in its health care costs as a lack of education and the government's vested interests frustrate prevention efforts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned.
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One billion people will die of tobacco-related diseases this century unless governments in rich and poor countries alike get serious about preventing smoking, top World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Monday.
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A group of influential Canadian doctors, health officials and lobbyists urged the government on Monday to expose the destructive role in the development of tobacco epidemic which cause 47,000 deaths annually in the country.
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The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.
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A range of measures is needed to encourage people to quit smoking, Health Secretary John Reid said today. Dr Reid was speaking ahead of publication of the Government
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The European Commission launches graphic images showing the damage smoking can do to people's health.
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LONDON: Smoking killed nearly five million people worldwide in 2000, with men more than three times as likely as women to go to an early grave, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Tobacco Control.
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Britain is to ban smoking in most public places, according to reports ahead of the launch of an ambitious goverment effort to legislate its way to better public health.