E-cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products, as Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid welcomed the latest step forward in the licensing process for manufacturers. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is publishing updated guidance that paves the way for medicinally licensed e-cigarette […]
(HealthDay)—As COVID-19 has surged throughout the United States for the past year and a half, some may have picked up an old bad habit or started a new one. How do researchers know this? They discovered that cigarette sales jumped during the first 15 months of the pandemic, exceeding their own estimates by 14%. It’s […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. CHAMPIX® (tshamp-iks) Varenicline tartrate Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Champix. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All […]
An ordinance to ban cigarette smoking in San Francisco apartments failed to get a second vote from supervisors Tuesday, meaning the proposal is dead for now. Supervisors last week approved the measure, saying that non-smoking residents living in cramped apartment buildings should be free from secondhand smoke. The measure carved out an exemption for marijuana, […]
Every fifth incidence of Cancer arises through the smoke The German cancer research center, in a recent study, three anti-Smoking policies, could prevent up to the year 2050, a million cancers. The measures include increasing taxes on cigarettes continuously, a complete advertising ban for tobacco products, and a unified neutral packaging for all cigarette brands. […]
