The first World No-Smoking Day fell on 7 April 1988, timed to the WHO’s 40th anniversary. South Africa wasn’t a WHO member then—apartheid had seen to that. Yet we marked the moment anyway, launching a special edition of the South African Medical…
Japan has seen cigarette use fall sharply over the past decade alongside the rapid growth of heated tobacco products (HTPs) - a shift public health advocates say offers lessons for Taiwan’s smoke-free push.
In a recent post on X, Smoke Free Sweden…
The European Union’s health commissioner has claimed that smoke-free nicotine products do not reduce health risks compared with cigarettes, contradicting evidence from multiple health authorities.
The remarks were made in a response to a parliamentary question from Danish MEP Kristoffer Storm on…
Nicorette maker Kenvue’s Vice President Hannah French has called for a “tobacco and nicotine free generation” in a speech to EU policy makers at the Parliament Magazine’s Healthcare summit.
In a soft “sponsored interview” riddled with misleading statements, French told attendees that…
A new review of randomised controlled trials found some health risk markers improved when smokers switched to heated tobacco products (HTPs).
One cancer biomarker and two cardiovascular biomarkers showed statistically significant signs of harm reduction.
For many other biomarkers, results pointed in…