France: 64% of tobacconists sell tobacco to minors
According to figures from the National Committee against Smoking (CNCT), the majority of tobacconists sold cigarettes to minors in 2021, ...
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The League against cancer calls for non-smoking areas near all schools
“Smoking among young people, although declining, remains a concern,” recalls the League against cancer. THE ESSENTIAL A survey carried out ...
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Month without tobacco: the number of smokers on the rise in France
As November 1st marks the start of Tobacco-Free Month, Why Doctor takes stock of this major public health problem. THE ...
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Quitting smoking: the limits of switching to electronic cigarettes
Smokers who convert to vaping are more likely to relapse within 12 months than those who quit. THE ESSENTIAL The ...
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Rolling tobacco: more toxic than cigarettes?
A rolled cigarette would be the equivalent of two or three conventional cigarettes, warns Dr. Anne-Laurence Le Faou, president of ...
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Passive smoking: children have an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis
The risk of suffering from HIV-positive rheumatoid arthritis increases by 75% after experiencing passive exposure to parental smoking during childhood. ...
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Lung cancer: quitting smoking after diagnosis increases life expectancy
No matter when a smoker decides to quit, even if it comes after the diagnosis of lung cancer, it increases ...
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The cigarette is making a comeback… in the cinema
The League Against Cancer denounces the "omnipresence" of images related to smoking in many French films. THE ESSENTIAL More than ...
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Banning the sale of tobacco to young people, as in New Zealand: “An effective measure”
The New Zealand government is considering a gradual increase in the legal smoking age, leading to a total ban on ...
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Why you really shouldn’t expose your children to cigarette smoke
A study conducted by the University of Cincinnati shows that children exposed to passive smoking use emergency services more often ...
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Covid-19, cancers, heart attacks: “smoking shisha is as dangerous, if not more, than cigarettes”
In a video shared on YouTube, Professor Didier Raoult believes that smoking shisha is a vector of transmission of Covid-19. ...
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Smoking and Covid-19: a preventive effect that “remains to be explained”, according to pulmonologists
In less than a year, knowledge has progressed, but there are still gaps in understanding the interaction between tobacco and ...
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Cannabis: toxic … but less than tobacco
People who only smoke cannabis have fewer toxic chemicals in their blood and urine than people who smoke tobacco. THE ...
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Have we found the “miracle” solution to quit smoking without difficulty?
The use of an enzyme to destroy nicotine in the body of smokers would be a radical tool to quit ...
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Age, men or women: but who are the former smokers?
Public Health France publishes a study drawing a composite portrait of the former smoker: smoking cessation is done between the ...
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Electronic cigarette: vaping would blur thoughts
The fact of vaping would have harmful consequences for the brain, especially that of young people. Inhaled smoke would disturb ...
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Nicotine addiction does not depend on the number of cigarettes smoked
Smoking less than four cigarettes a day is addictive. Even people who don't smoke weekly can be addicted. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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The electronic cigarette, more harmful for the nose than the classic cigarette?
© ShutterstockIn the United States, it is estimated that more than one in 20 people uses an electronic cigarette. If ...
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Teenagers who vape are three times more likely to switch to cigarettes
Among adolescents, vaping acts as a “loss leader” towards cigarettes. Those who tested the vapoteuse in adolescence are three times ...
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Tobacco Free Month: Smoking increases the risk of bladder cancer
Smoking causes more than half of all cases of bladder cancer and smokers are three times more likely to develop ...
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Month without tobacco: “For a non-smoker, the vape is certainly toxic”
To close this month without tobacco, Professor Daniel Thomas, former head of the cardiology department at the CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière in ...
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E-cigarette: vapers more sensitive to respiratory viruses than conventional smokers
Vapers are more vulnerable to viruses than non-smokers but also than smokers of traditional cigarettes. They also show deletions of ...
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Month without tobacco: smoking only 6 cigarettes a month remains very dangerous for your health
Even very occasional smokers are much more likely to die young than those who have completely quit. THE ESSENTIAL Daily ...
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Easier Said Than Done: Why Quitting Smoking Is Extremely Difficult
All the studies prove it: quitting smoking is beneficial for your health, and often prevents you from dying young. However, ...
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Tobacco-free month: who smokes what today in France?
Cigarettes, rolling tobacco, shisha… On the occasion of Tobacco Free Month, Santé Publique France deciphers the consumption habits of the ...
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Tobacco Free Month: 6 Good Medical Reasons to Quit Smoking
At the beginning of November, Public Health France's "Month without tobacco" campaign returns for its 5th edition. The goal: to ...
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Quitting smoking before age 40 cuts risk of heart disease by 90%
Starting to smoke before the age of 15 multiplies by 3 the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. But stopping ...
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Why smoking does not protect against coronavirus
While early studies may have suggested that smokers are better protected against the virus, smoking has been shown to increase ...
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Vaping: more than 40% remain daily cigarette smokers
In a survey conducted by the BVA Institute, 43% of vapers admit to smoking at least one cigarette a day. ...
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Tobacco-free month: in 2020, cigarette consumption has increased
November is the month of No Tobacco Month, a campaign that aims to encourage smokers to quit smoking. But after ...
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