Canada is set to become the first country in the world to require tobacco companies to print health-warning labels directly on individual cigarettes in a bid to make more Canadians quit smoking. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett announced on May 31 that the new health-warning requirements will come into effect on Aug. 1….
Canada to Become First Country to Mandate Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
Smoking Linked to ‘Severe’ COVID-19 Complications: Study
Individuals who reported smoking or vaping tobacco prior to COVID-19 hospitalization had a far likely higher chance of suffering severe complications as compared with nonsmokers, a recent study has found. Researchers, who published their peer-reviewed findings in PLOS One, said they examined data on adults aged 18 and older who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in 107…
Biden Administration Wants to Remove Most Nicotine From Cigarettes
President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed removing most nicotine from cigarettes in an effort to make the products less addictive. The proposal, outlined in a brief agenda by the Department of Health and Human Services, would establish a lower ceiling for nicotine levels in cigarettes and some similar products. “Because tobacco-related harms primarily result from addiction…
FDA to Issue Plan Banning Menthol in Cigarettes
The U.S. government on Thursday will lay out its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, which have taken a disproportionate toll on Black smokers and other minorities. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional testimony, saying the proposal would reduce disease and death by helping current smokers…
FDA Issues Plan to Ban Menthol in Cigarettes, Cigars
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. “The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, in a statement….
On Love of Life and Love of Health
In the year of my birth, 75 per cent of men smoked, as did 50 per cent of women. In films, you could tell a true gentleman by the assiduity and grace with which he withdrew his cigarette lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette of the woman to whom he was talking or…
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