Tobacco Consumption May Have Declined in 2020 and We Can 'Thank' Coronavirus for it
4 years, 4 months ago

Tobacco Consumption May Have Declined in 2020 and We Can 'Thank' Coronavirus for it

News 18  

Tobacco Consumption May Have Declined in 2020 and We Can 'Thank' Coronavirus for it Last Updated: September 22, 2020, 09:22 IST The finding could be explained by the lack of socialization during the lockdown period, but also -- and above all -- by the desire of everyone to preserve their health in this period of the pandemic. While several prevention and stop smoking campaigns will soon be launched around the world, including “Stoptober” in England and “Tobacco Free Month” in France, figures show a sharp decline in the number of smokers in the UK, which may be attributed to effects of the pandemic. Smoking prevalence figures in England are also at the lowest according to the same study, while Action on Smoking and Health estimates that around 1 million people quit smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Not only would lockdowns have allowed some to quit smoking due to the lack of social activity, but the heightened desire to be healthy would also explain these significant rates of success in quitting smoking.

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One million in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers
5 months, 1 week ago

One million in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers

The Independent  

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WHO report highlights e-cigarette crisis: Big tobacco companies target kids to replace lost smokers
9 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO report highlights e-cigarette crisis: Big tobacco companies target kids to replace lost smokers

Hindustan Times  

The WHO warns vaping gives tobacco companies a way to replace dead smokers. According to the report, big tobacco companies have arranged their messaging and products to target kids in an attempt to replace the millions of customers who die from their products each year. In a 'vaping public health crisis' In 2018-2019, public health officials in the US acknowledged …

UK set to ban tobacco sales for a ‘smoke-free’ generation. Will it work?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UK set to ban tobacco sales for a ‘smoke-free’ generation. Will it work?

Al Jazeera  

The UK’s smoking ban aims to phase out sales of tobacco, which is one of the main causes of cancer deaths in Britain. Parliament approved the government’s “historic” plans to create a “smoke-free” generation on Tuesday in a bid to reduce the number of people dying from smoking-related diseases, a big burden on the country’s publicly funded National Health Service. …

Lockdown saw surge in lighting up cigars, especially among young people
1 year ago

Lockdown saw surge in lighting up cigars, especially among young people

The Telegraph  

The number has fallen to 1.68 per cent since, according to the latest figures in September 2023, accounting for around 773,000 people. But scientists are most concerned by the rise in use among young adults, with 3.2 per cent of 18-year-olds smoking the products in September 2023, up from just 0.19 per cent a decade earlier, according to the study. …

Global tobacco use tumbles despite industry lobbying: WHO
1 year, 2 months ago

Global tobacco use tumbles despite industry lobbying: WHO

The Hindu  

Global tobacco use has tumbled in a generation with one in five people smoking versus one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization said on January 16. The drop comes despite what the U.N. global health agency said were ongoing efforts by Big Tobacco to seek to influence global health policies to its own advantage. The global report said …

Global usage of tobacco declines: WHO report
1 year, 2 months ago

Global usage of tobacco declines: WHO report

Hindustan Times  

Tobacco use has seen an overall decline globally with about 1 in 5 adults worldwide consuming tobacco in 2022 compared to 1 in 3 in 2000, according to the estimates in latest WHO tobacco trends report released on Monday. The report shows that 150 countries are successfully reducing tobacco use. Currently, tobacco use is still estimated to kill at least …

Smoking plan ‘biggest public health intervention in a generation’, says Sunak
1 year, 5 months ago

Smoking plan ‘biggest public health intervention in a generation’, says Sunak

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has …

Poorest people in England ‘will not be smoke-free until after 2050’
1 year, 5 months ago

Poorest people in England ‘will not be smoke-free until after 2050’

The Independent  

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Switching to vapes ‘could save NHS more than half a billion a year’, study says
1 year, 7 months ago

Switching to vapes ‘could save NHS more than half a billion a year’, study says

The Independent  

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World No Tobacco Day 2023: History, Significance And All That You Need To Know
1 year, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2023: History, Significance And All That You Need To Know

ABP News  

New Delhi: The use of tobacco continues to have a negative impact on world health, contributing to a number of diseases, including cancer. The annual celebration of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 provides a vital forum for bringing the global community together to promote the quitting of smoking and raise awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco usage. …

US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low
1 year, 10 months ago

US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low

The Independent  

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Chris Whitty: The smoking industry must be destroyed
2 years, 4 months ago

Chris Whitty: The smoking industry must be destroyed

The Telegraph  

The cigarette industry should be destroyed for the benefit of public health, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, the UK Government’s Chief Medical Adviser, has said. Sir Chris, who is also Chief Medical Officer for England, warned that smokers face an appalling death and said ministers are currently considering whether to bring in new policies to limit smoking. “Everyone in this room …

Smokefree 2030: Have your say on government plans
2 years, 9 months ago

Smokefree 2030: Have your say on government plans

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This is one of the four recommendations in the government’s tobacco review, which puts forward …

Ban smoking outside pubs and on beaches, major report suggests
2 years, 9 months ago

Ban smoking outside pubs and on beaches, major report suggests

The Independent  

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World No Tobacco Day 2022: Is There Any Relation Between Smoking and COVID-19?
2 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Is There Any Relation Between Smoking and COVID-19?

News 18  

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2022: Tobacco consumption is a leading cause of cancer around the world and according to the World Health Organization, tobacco consumption kills 8 million people around the world each year. So, to raise awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption Anti-Tobacco Day / World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 every year around …

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Inspiring Quotes to Encourage Your Loved Ones to Quit Smoking
2 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Inspiring Quotes to Encourage Your Loved Ones to Quit Smoking

News 18  

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2022: World No-Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 to spread awareness about the consequences of using tobacco. As per the official website, ” Tobacco kills over 8 million people every year and destroys our environment, further harming human health, through the cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and post-consumer waste.” This year, the theme is “Tobacco – …

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Theme, History and Significance
2 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2022: Theme, History and Significance

News 18  

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2022: World No-Tobacco Day is an annual event held on May 31, each year, as part of the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organisation. World No Tobacco Day 2022: Theme The theme of World No-Tobacco Day this year is “Tobacco: Threat to our environment,” as mentioned in the UNEP website. World No Tobacco …

US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic

The Independent  

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No Smoking Day 2022: How quitting smoking is better for your mental health
3 years ago

No Smoking Day 2022: How quitting smoking is better for your mental health

India TV News  

Smoking cigarettes is not merely just associated with different types of cancers or heart diseases but it can also affect your mental health, experts warned on Wednesday. "Research has shown that smoking initially gives a sense of relaxation and seems to relieve anxiety which is due to nicotine, which creates an immediate sense of relaxation so people smoke in the …

No Smoking Day 2022: Why Quitting Smoking is all the More Important Amid Covid-19 Pandemic?
3 years ago

No Smoking Day 2022: Why Quitting Smoking is all the More Important Amid Covid-19 Pandemic?

News 18  

No Smoking Day 2022: Smoking is undeniably an unhealthy habit. Quitting smoking has become crucial amid the pandemic since people addicted to tobacco are walking a tightrope in terms of health problems. On No Smoking Day, here are some reasons why quitting smoking is important amid the deadly pandemic. Weak Immune system Smoking can also damage your immune system, making …

Why the COVID-19 Pandemic Is the Perfect Time to Quit Smoking
3 years, 9 months ago

Why the COVID-19 Pandemic Is the Perfect Time to Quit Smoking

The Quint  

"Those days were the hardest because we had no time to prepare," says Ankit, speaking of the first few weeks of lockdown. In India, when the nationwide lockdown was announced in April 2020, as life came to a standstill, sales of tobacco products were temporarily banned. This is something many people, especially 'casual smokers' who weren't in the habit of …

World No Tobacco Day 2021: Inspiring Quotes to spread awareness on "Commit to Quit"
3 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2021: Inspiring Quotes to spread awareness on "Commit to Quit"

India Today  

Every year, World No Tobacco Day is observed in order to spread awareness of the dangers related to using tobacco. So, the World Health Organization created World Tobacco day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. The awareness on World No Tobacco Day 2021 is on “commit to quit”, …

No Smoking Day 2021: Six Health Hazards of the Addiction
4 years ago

No Smoking Day 2021: Six Health Hazards of the Addiction

News 18  

No Smoking Day started in the United Kingdom in 1984. Since then, many countries and states have adopted the day as a way to raise awareness about the health hazards of smoking through The day is aimed at raising awareness as well as encouraging people to quit smoking. According to some reports, 1 in 10 smokers use this day to …

Smokers smoked more during Covid pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Smokers smoked more during Covid pandemic

NL Times  

Nearly a fourth of smokers in the Netherlands have been using tobacco more heavily as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trimbos Institute determined from a survey of smokers. The organization is kicking off its annual Stoptober campaign next month, where smokers are urged to give up the habit for 28 days or longer. “This shows that one in …

The fight against Covid-19 should also be the fight against tobacco (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

The fight against Covid-19 should also be the fight against tobacco (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kelly Henning is the director of public health at Bloomberg Philanthropies. For more than a dozen years, The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use has helped countries invest in and implement evidence-based programs and interventions – proven policies like creating smoke-free public places, banning tobacco advertising, increasing taxes on tobacco products, and requiring graphic pack warnings. The World …

World No Tobacco Day 2020: Dispelling myths about tobacco use, cigarettes and vaping
4 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2020: Dispelling myths about tobacco use, cigarettes and vaping

Hindustan Times  

Tobacco is harmful, we all know it and accept it to a large extent, but tobacco use continues to grow and kill millions of people worldwide. World No Tobacco Day 2020: Dispelling myths about tobacco use, cigarettes and vaping. Myths surrounding tobacco use have stayed despite numerous factual confirmations about its various adverse effects and health warnings, while new myths …

World No Tobacco Day 2020: All you need to know
4 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2020: All you need to know

India Today  

World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 every year to highlight the risk associated with the use of tobacco. The World Health Organization promotes World No Tobacco Day each year to highlight the health risks of using tobacco and to encourage governments to put policies into action that help to reduce smoking and the use of other tobacco …

World No Tobacco Day 2020: Smokeless tobacco products contain more nicotine than cigarettes, increase risk of stroke
4 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2020: Smokeless tobacco products contain more nicotine than cigarettes, increase risk of stroke

Firstpost  

Smokeless tobacco is found in paan masala, gutkha, khaini, zarda and other such products. Apart from the many fads popular among people, a common misconception is that smokeless tobacco products are safer than cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco may increase the risk of heart diseases or stroke. Unlike cigarettes which are used periodically, most people addicted to smokeless tobacco products report continuous …

Studies that said smokers were at lower risk for coronavirus were likely wrong. Here's why
4 years, 9 months ago

Studies that said smokers were at lower risk for coronavirus were likely wrong. Here's why

Salon  

A new study explains how the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is able to more easily target smokers due to a specific way in which the addictive habit changes their lungs. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Fellow Jason Sheltzer and Google engineer Joan Smith analyzed previous data findings for their article published earlier this week in the scientific journal "Development Cell." …

Health budget cuts mean fewer smokers will be persuaded to quit, warns charity
5 years, 2 months ago

Health budget cuts mean fewer smokers will be persuaded to quit, warns charity

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cuts to public health budgets will mean fewer smokers kick the …

Vaping bans are supposed to help. But could they become a ‘public health disaster’?
5 years, 5 months ago

Vaping bans are supposed to help. But could they become a ‘public health disaster’?

LA Times  

Taylor Dillon, 22, speaks before the Manhattan Beach Council. “It’s distressing to me — not that we’re focusing on kids, but that we’re ignoring the consequences for adult smokers,” said Ken Warner, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. New York University tobacco expert Raymond Niaura said removing e-cigarettes from the market could be “a public …

England could become ‘smoke-free’ by 2030 under new government pledge
5 years, 7 months ago

England could become ‘smoke-free’ by 2030 under new government pledge

The Independent  

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Government aims to end smoking in England by 2030
5 years, 7 months ago

Government aims to end smoking in England by 2030

Daily Mail  

The government is aiming to end smoking in England by 2030 as part of a range of measures to address preventable ill health. Its green paper, released late on Monday, says that though “traditional public health interventions have led to significant improvements in the nation’s health”, more needs to be done. In Westminster, it’s 1-in-50.” The paper says “obesity is …

Do e-cigarettes undermine desire to quit smoking?
6 years, 4 months ago

Do e-cigarettes undermine desire to quit smoking?

Hindustan Times  

Trying to quit smoking? E-cigarettes seemingly reduce a smoker’s motivation to smoke The University College London research has found that smokers who were regularly exposed to vapers were around 20 percent more likely to have reported both a high current motivation to quit and made a recent quit attempt. “Our results found no evidence that spending time with vapers discourages …

Just one in 10 English people will be smokers by 2023, says study
6 years, 5 months ago

Just one in 10 English people will be smokers by 2023, says study

CNN  

London CNN — Just one in 10 English people will smoke cigarettes in five years and Britain could be a smoke-free society by 2030, according to Public Health England. The forecasts were made after 400,000 people gave up smoking in England last year, leaving 6.1 million smokers – or 14.9% of the population in the country, according to the Office …

World No Tobacco Day 2018: Here’s how tobacco smoke can affect your heart
6 years, 9 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2018: Here’s how tobacco smoke can affect your heart

India TV News  

Since 1987, WHO sponsors May 31st as World No Tobacco Day in order to spread annual awareness and highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and encourage governments to adopt effective policies to reduce smoking. While the popular belief is that smoking largely affects the lungs because they get directly exposed to inhaled smoke, health experts warn that it …

Survey reveals reduction in tobacco usage
7 years, 8 months ago

Survey reveals reduction in tobacco usage

The Hindu  

Improved awareness and better enforcement has resulted in a reduction of tobacco use among youth in the country. According to the second Global Adult Tobacco Survey, released last week, tobacco use has reduced by 17% among adults since 2010. Since 2010, several measures have been taken, both at the national and state level, to curb the country’s enormous tobacco epidemic, …

Smoking rates in Britain now at lowest ever level
7 years, 8 months ago

Smoking rates in Britain now at lowest ever level

India TV News  

A decade after cigarettes were banished from Britain's pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants, smoking rates in the country have reached the lowest ever recorded, shows new research. There are now 1.9 million fewer smokers in the country compared with when the smoking ban was introduced in 2007, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK, a British charity. "We're …

Smoking ban: Number of UK smokers falls by nearly two million in 10 years
7 years, 8 months ago

Smoking ban: Number of UK smokers falls by nearly two million in 10 years

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Smoking rates are now at their lowest ever recorded and the ban has been an …

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, finds study
7 years, 11 months ago

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, finds study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers said government efforts to curb tobacco consumption had been effective, as smoking prevalence decreased …

Cigarette Smoking In The U.S. Continues To Fall
8 years, 4 months ago

Cigarette Smoking In The U.S. Continues To Fall

NPR  

Cigarette Smoking In The U.S. Continues To Fall Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Gerald Herbert/AP The number of cigarette smokers in the United States has dropped by 8.6 million since 2005 — and that fall could be accelerated by a tobacco tax just passed in California. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen …

Health warning: the government's smoking policy kills
8 years, 10 months ago

Health warning: the government's smoking policy kills

Dutch News  

Smoking kills but vote-hungry politicians are failing to act, write psychology professor emeritus Frits van Dam and lung specialist Wanda de Kanter. Public health director-general Angelique Berg agrees that smoking should be actively discouraged but her plan – scary pictures on packaging and information campaigns in schools – is mere window dressing. Every year ten times as many people die …

Health warning: the government's smoking policy kills
8 years, 10 months ago

Health warning: the government's smoking policy kills

Dutch News  

Smoking kills but vote-hungry politicians are failing to act, write psychology professor emeritus Frits van Dam and lung specialist Wanda de Kanter. Public health director-general Angelique Berg agrees that smoking should be actively discouraged but her plan – scary pictures on packaging and information campaigns in schools – is mere window dressing. Every year ten times as many people die …

Experts pitch for a tobacco-free world by 2040
10 years ago

Experts pitch for a tobacco-free world by 2040

Firstpost  

London - A world virtually free of tobacco and its devastating health consequences could be a reality within 30 years if governments showed political will and took stronger action against cigarette companies, health experts said on Friday. “A world where tobacco is out of sight, out of mind, and out of fashion – yet not prohibited – is achievable in …

Study: Tobacco control has saved millions of lives
11 years, 2 months ago

Study: Tobacco control has saved millions of lives

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Anti-smoking measures have saved roughly 8 million U.S. lives since a landmark 1964 report linking smoking and disease, a study estimates, yet the nation’s top disease detective says dozens of other countries do a better job on several efforts to cut tobacco use. For example, life expectancy for 40-year-olds has increased by more than five years since 1964; …

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