Michael Bloomberg continues to wage war against big tobacco, with the announcement of a $350 million commitment to fund anti-tobacco efforts, primarily in the developing world. The funds will help to expand Bloomberg Philanthropies’ campaigns in low-and middle income…
November 11, 2016
Despite decreases in adult cigarette smoking, 4 in 10 cancers diagnosed in the US are tobacco-related, according to the CDC. In fact, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths; it’s linked to cancers of the lung, stomach, kidney, cervix, colon…
November 10, 2016
The WHO’s 2003 global tobacco treaty, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is under scrutiny this week at a meeting in India regarding highly conflicting views on electronic cigarettes.
November 7, 2016
Global health leaders convening in Delhi, India today for the 7th conference of the parties to the WHO framework convention on tobacco control have a chance to “bend the course of public health history,” writes Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, in an editorial. She urges…
November 2, 2016
In the US, the dominant health message on e-cigs is that vaping is dangerous and could be the first step to developing an addiction to smoking, especially for young people. Amid slumping sales of e-cigs, however, some public health officials are expressing concerns that…
October 18, 2016
The most strategic policies to reduce adolescent smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) may not be those targeting adolescents.
September 29, 2016
Smokers with mental illness consume 40% of all cigarettes and smoke at rates 2-to-3 times the US average, despite being just 20% of the population. Myths abound about mental illness and smoking: that it alleviates psychiatric symptoms or that the mentally ill can’t quit…
September 15, 2016
E-cigarettes have divided the academic community, which has failed to find consensus on their safety and risks. A research review published earlier this week by global nonprofit Cochrane asserts that according to the best current evidence, e-cigarettes can help a person…
July 22, 2016
With e-cigarettes surging in popularity, unknowns about their health risks abound—making restrictions, particularly efforts to keep kids from getting hooked, worth considering. Although it is too soon to fully understand the risks associated with vaping, especially the use…