Posted on Tuesday, 4 June 2019 12:13 PM | No Comments
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that raising taxes on cigarette will be a “win-win-win” situation and can save around 460,000 lives. According to WHO representative to the Philippines,...
Posted on Friday, 12 October 2018 04:13 PM | No Comments
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) and several health advocates are calling on the immediate passage of a measure that would increase the taxes on cigarettes. No less...
Posted on Saturday, 29 September 2018 11:42 AM | No Comments
(Reuters Health) – Women exposed to secondhand smoke as children may be more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than people who didn’t breathe cigarette fumes growing up, a French study...
Posted on Thursday, 16 August 2018 08:35 AM | No Comments
MANILA, Philippines – The prices of cigarettes are seen to go up further as higher tariffs are set to be imposed on tobacco products to fund the Universal Health...
Posted on Tuesday, 6 February 2018 07:47 PM | No Comments
(Reuters Health) – Smoking just one cigarette a day carries half the risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke as a pack-a-day habit, according to research that concludes there is no...
Posted on Friday, 12 May 2017 08:20 PM | No Comments
(Reuters Health) – So-called social smokers who only light up on special occasions may have some of the same risks for heart disease as people with a daily cigarette habit,...
Posted on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 07:37 PM | No Comments
(Reuters Health) – Children who are bullied in fifth grade are more likely to become depressed and experiment with drugs and alcohol during their teen years than their peers who...
Posted on Friday, 4 November 2016 12:14 PM | No Comments
Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker’s lung cells each year. The findings come from a study...
Posted on Thursday, 3 November 2016 06:12 PM | No Comments
All cigarette packs should contain pictures showing its bad effects on our health, as the full implementation of Graphic Health Warning Law takes effect starting Nov. 4. This is...
Posted on Saturday, 9 July 2016 03:52 AM | No Comments
(Reuters Health) – Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not familiar with components...
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