Wiping virtually all branding off cigarette and tobacco packets could prove crucial in turning teenagers off smoking, a New Zealand study indicates. Australia is the first country to announce a plan to force tobacco into plain packaging with large pictorial…
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Filipino Muslims forbidden to smoke
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MANILA, Philippines – A religious ruling or fatwa has been issued by the Supreme Council of Darul Ifta of the Philippines stating that smoking cigarettes is “haram” or forbidden. Muslims are thus not allowed to manufacture, buy, sell, trade or…
Second-hand smoke can double risk of fatal heart disease
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The findings, which add to the growing body of evidence linking secondhand smoke to cardiovascular disease, came from a study by University College London of more then 13,000 people in England and Scotland. Researchers used a saliva test that can…