GENEVA: The UN World Health Organization released its first-ever guidelines to help people quit smoking. These WHO guidelines include various initiatives, treatments, and digital interventions aimed at aiding over 750 million adults who want to stop using tobacco products such as cigarettes, waterpipes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, and heated tobacco products. WHO Director-General, Tedros […]
New Zealand: Future generations of New Zealanders have been banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that have passed the nation’s parliament. The suite of new laws, which are among the strictest in the world, include bans on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, punishable by fines up […]
Bejing: A study conducted by Chinese and U.S. scientists has identified a type of bacteria in our gut that can effectively degrade nicotine, a harmful ingredient in tobacco that causes addiction and a slew of health risks, including fatty liver disease, Chinese news agency, Xinhua. A colony of gut bacteria was found to have reduced […]
Cleveland: As World Lung Cancer Day falls on August 1, an expert from the global health system Cleveland Clinic is dispelling the myth that nonsmokers cannot get lung cancer. Dr. Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD points out that while cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer, individuals can also get it from breathing secondhand […]
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) marked the World No Tobacco Day by launching a campaign to raise awareness about the harms of smoking and the importance of quitting under the theme “Together Towards a Tobacco-Free Abu Dhabi”. With the aim of raising awareness about the harmful effects of smoking tobacco, the importance […]
It is always a good time to stop smoking, but the impetus is particularly strong now with the pandemic having turned the spotlight on health. In addition, Ramadan is fast approaching and is an ideal time to quit as those who observe the fast also need to avoid smoking during daylight hours. An expert from […]
Exactly a week ago, for no particular reason and under no particular duress, I quit smoking. On a whim, I decided I won’t get any more cigarette packets, and when the current one ran out of sticks, well, that would be that. The cessation has been remarkably easy, considering that I’ve smoked 7 to 8 […]
