WHO has revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing. The WHO report “Tobacco: Poisoning our planet” highlights that the industry’s carbon footprint from production, processing and transporting tobacco is equivalent to one-fifth… Continue reading Tobacco the twin killer of health and environment, says WHO
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US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries ways to cut down on over US$1.4 trillion in health expenditures and lost productivity due to tobacco use worldwide. Improved tobacco taxation policies can also be a key component of building back better after COVID-19, where countries need additional resources to respond and to finance… Continue reading US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use
Progress made in fight against tobacco: WHO
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective tobacco control measures – four times more people than a decade ago. The seventh WHO Report still shows many countries are still not adequately implementing… Continue reading Progress made in fight against tobacco: WHO
Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Tobacco
Ana B. Ibarra By now, many parents know kids are vaping sweet-smelling tobacco — often using devices that look deceptively like pens or flash drives. And most parents are hip to the prevalence of underage marijuana use. Now comes a combo of the two: vaping pot. Experts and educators say young people are — once… Continue reading Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Tobacco
Protecting young Indonesian hearts from tobacco
Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, University of Sydney and Becky Freeman, University of Sydney The world’s second-largest market for tobacco after China, Indonesia is home to 100 million smokers. Smoking kills more than 200,000 Indonesians a year. The death threat also looms over its young generation. A fifth of Indonesians between 13 and 15 years old… Continue reading Protecting young Indonesian hearts from tobacco
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