The world took a historic step in the fight against tobacco when the World Health Organization Framework Convention on ...

Forty-one-year old Homer Perey had to make a very difficult and life-changing decision last year. Around August 2024, Perey decided to have his lower left limb amputated because he could no longer ...

The WHO FCTC is the first ever public health treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO with 183 Parties to the Convention covering 90 per cent of the global population. Kenya signed and ratified the ...

Smoking cigarettes causes about 3 out of every 10 cancer deaths in the U.S. As many as 80% of people who die of lung cancer used tobacco. But the toxins and chemicals from cigarette smoke can lead ...

“Our findings suggest that continued public health efforts around preventing smoking, especially heavy smoking, may be an important way to help reduce the number of strokes happening to young ...

But, at the last minute and almost by chance, Javier had the opportunity to enter the clinical trial of gene therapy,” explains Manuel Santamaría, a professor of Clinical Immunology and the specialist ...

Tobacco smoking is a well-known risk factor for worsening gum health, causing inflammation, bone loss, and slower healing. However, the rise of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or ENDs ...

It will also mean aggressively communicating to the public that what kills smokers is primarily smoking itself, not nicotine. Many anti-tobacco activists understandably want to vanquish nicotine ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Menthol cigarette smoking is linked to higher mortality risks compared to non-menthol cigarettes, particularly for cardiovascular diseases. The study observed ...

“It’s very much an athlete thing.” Nicotine pouches are considered slightly safer than smoking or vaping because the don’t impact the lungs, according to Yale Tobacco Center research ...