WHO warns against water-pipe smoking
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Water-pipe smoking may pose the same health risks as cigarettes, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding that more scientific research was needed into the link between hookah use and a number of fatal illnesses.
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A new global treaty on tobacco is sure to be trouble for tobacco companies.
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A LEAKED report has renewed pressure on Jack McConnell to introduce a total ban on smoking at work and in public places in Scotland.
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By Lyndsay Moss, PA Health Correspondent and Emily Pennink, PA. The Government will today announce a ban on smoking in all workplaces and anywhere serving food.
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By MARK SMITH  A SCOTS terrorist gang has threatened to poison England's water supply.   Strathclyde Police were yesterday examining a threat in an email from the Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA) to a newspaper in Glasgow.
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JOHN Reid, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of suppressing a report from medical experts warning that the risks of passive smoking are greater than initially thought.
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Business & money: Leaking factory pipe identified as most likely cause of illness in more than 30 people.
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No one should be exposed to passive smoking because of the serious health risks it poses, according to an expert committee of scientists, it emerged today.
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ZAGREB (FAP) - Croatia's first &quot;Big Brother&quot; reality television show is fuming over a warning from the health ministry that participants are not allowed to smoke.
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Environmentalists have cautioned that four wheeled drives designed for use in the deserts or the open countryside should now come with cigarette packet-style statutory warnings.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)  expects the world's first treaty on tobacco control will take  effect by early 2005, the international body said on Wednesday.
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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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The surgeon general's warning that smoking can be hazardous to your health takes on new meaning inside a coal mine, where the flicker of a cigarette lighter could trigger a deadly methane gas explosion.
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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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Smoking in pubs, restaurants and the office is expected to be banned later thanks to new Government plans to improve the nation&#39;s health.
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The world may know that smoking is dangerous, but the world doesn't care, apparently. A WHO report says smoking is on the rise, mainly because enough work isn't being done to curb the addiction.
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SINGAPORE : The days of having a traditional pint and smoke may be numbered as public health specialists push for smoke-free pubs and clubs in Singapore.