In Texas there are at least four open lawsuits regarding injuries from electronic cigarettes exploding. According to research by a UNT Health Science Center dean there was an estimated 2,035 e-cigarette injuries in emergency rooms from 2015 to 2017. By Candi Bolden
WATCH - A new study from Ireland has found that flavoured vapes may produce over 100 toxic chemicals that could cause immediate harm when inhaled. Global’s Joe Scarpelli finds out just what kind of harm vaping could be doing to your health – May 11, 2024
Dani Darlene was not a fan of her husband’s ZYN habit. Then she found out she could get an iPad out of it. For years, finding ZYN pouches and containers around the house was “the most irritating thing,” Darlene, a 24-year-old personal trainer, told Fortune. But after learning about the brand’s rewards program through TikTok in February, the irritation took on a different form.
ISLAMABAD: While the health ministry has proposed that the Federal Excise Duty on cigarettes be increased by 20 per cent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has demanded it should be increased by 37 per cent to take the tax share of retail prices to 70 per cent as per international standards.
ISLAMABAD - Health activists have called for an immediate increase in tobacco taxes in Pakistan to protect the rights and health of children and the general public.
ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-May 9th, 2024) Health activists have called for an immediate increase in tobacco taxes in Pakistan to protect the rights and health of children and the general public.
(Portland, OR) -- A new OHSU study finds the use of nicotine and cannabis during pregnancy dramatically increases the rate of infant death. Researchers evaluated hospital data and vital statistics from more than three million pregnant patients with documented substance use.
PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2024) In a united front against the tobacco epidemic, Blue Veins, a local non-governmental organization together with the Provincial Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco and Nicotine Control (PASTNC), urged the provincial Health Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to integrate comprehensive tobacco control measures into the forthcoming provincial health policy.
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