KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Punitive action can be taken against people who puff away in public from now, following the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) that came into effect ...

According to a research paper by Corné van Walbeek, Robert Hill and Samantha Filby, “the sales ban did not have the intended objective of encouraging large-scale smoking cessation.” ...

In fact, the best manual treadmills, powered by your own two feet, can lead to significant cardiovascular and strength gains. Manual treadmills require you to initiate and maintain motion all on ...

Smoking cessation was recommended but not mandatory; subjects who could not achieve or maintain abstinence were asked to reduce their smoking as much as possible. The study design is shown in ...

Qnovia’s nicotine replacement therapy device. [Image courtesy of Qnovia] Qnovia announced that the FDA cleared its investigational new drug (IND) application for the RespiRx smoking cessation inhaler ...

If it were approved, cytisine would become the first smoking cessation drug since 2006. While smoking rates have plummeted, tobacco use still causes nearly half a million deaths nationwide each year.

For the scenario in which smoking ended globally in 2023, the estimates indicate a maximum of 2.04 billion YLLs could be avoided by 2050 compared to the most likely future scenario, and life ...

E-cigarettes, commonly referred to as “vapes,” were invented in the early 2000s with the explicit goal of helping people quit smoking by transitioning them to something safer. But there are many ...

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) gazetted on 2 February will ...

When looking at smoking prevalence by economic activity status in the UK in 2023, those who were defined as unemployed had a higher proportion of current smokers (19.7%), compared with those who were ...

Smoking rates among UK adults have been falling over the past decade, with nearly 12%, or six million people, smoking in 2023, the Office for National Statistics says. Separate ONS figures show e ...