Tobacco Control

Items tagged with : Tobacco

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	31 May: World No Tobacco Day	World No Tobacco Day will be observed worldwide next week (31 May 2011) to draw attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and diseas...
	Australia announces new tobacco control plans for cigarette packaging	The Australian government announced on 7 April a draft bill on plain packaging for cigarettes, as well as a proposal to increase the size of picture w...
	CT scan screening in smokers: reassurance or wake-up call?	Smokers who are screened for lung cancer may want to take a moment and rethink their unhealthy habit. As reported in the European Respiratory Journal,...
	ERS welcomes new WHO report on global tobacco epidemic	The European Respiratory Society (ERS) welcomes a new report released yesterday (8 July 2011) by the World Health Organization (WHO), which found that...
	European Respiratory Society statement on E-cigarettes and emerging products	(February 2012) The European Respiratory Society, ERS is opposed to the use of all tobacco and unapproved nicotine delivery products such as cigarett...
	Launch of landmark EQUIPP report on tobacco control	17 March, sees the official launch of a landmark report, Europe Quitting: Progress and Pathways (EQUIPP) looking at how 20 countries across Europe are...
	New challenges in healthcare	Part 2 of the ERS report on two days of reflection on chronic disease: Full report of the ERS ministerial conference, 19 October, Brussels – click on ...
	Public bans mean smokers also light up less at home	Smoking bans in public places prompt people to impose their own restrictions on smoking at home, according to new findings. Despite some opponents of...
	Report from High Level Event on Plain Packaging for Tobacco	On February 29th the Smoke Free Partnership organized a high level conference on plain packaging and pictorial warnings of tobacco products, held in t...
	Research links telomere length to emphysema risk	Telomeres, the body's own cellular clocks, could lead to the development of emphysema, according to new research published in the American Journa...