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Roseville Secondary pupils in KZN warned after demand for smoke breaks
Last week pupils missed two exams and forced the school to shut down.
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KZN high school pupils demand daily hour-long smoke break
The pupils from Roseville Secondary School missed two exams last week while they protested over the bizarre demand.
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Smokers have higher risk for multiple strokes
Among the 3,069 stroke survivors in the study, 1,475, or 48%, were current smokers and another 9% were former smokers.
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In Greece, smoking is alive and kicking despite bans
It was then that Balafoutis, now 38, decided to build a website dedicated to informing non-smokers where they could enjoy a meal or coffee unmarred by other patrons' cigarette smoke.
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Study: Vaping better for quitting smoking than patches, gum
However, people who switched to vaping were far more likely to keep vaping, indicating they may have exchanged one nicotine delivery device for another.
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Illegal cigarettes trade in SA increases dramatically – study
RG and Caesar, which currently go for around R10 per packet of 20, are selling more than legal brands.
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Philip Morris stop-smoking campaign attacked as PR stunt
The campaign also features a video and a website where smokers can sign up for the challenge and gain information to help them to kick the habit.
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[ANALYSIS] How South Africa is tightening its tobacco rules
South Africa's proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
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Smoking tied to frailty in older adults
Researchers studied people age 60 or older in the UK who had not yet developed so-called frailty.
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Eating fruits and vegetables may help curb lung disease
Researchers say the antioxidants found in produce might help to protect lungs from smoking damage.
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[WATCH] Health Minute: Smoking causes nearly 40% of US cancer deaths
Smoking is still one of the leading causes of preventable death. Data shows that smoking causes nearly 40% of cancer deaths in the United States.
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Smoking leaves chemical traces on DNA - study
Some of these molecular changes revert to their original state when a smoker quits.
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Second-hand smoke can hurt kids years after exposure - AHA
Breathing second-hand smoke during childhood can lead to a shorter life expectancy.
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Cash may convince some smokers to quit - study
Paying smokers to quit and giving them more money to avoid cigarettes might help get more people to quit.
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'Smokers may try to quit 30 times before it sticks'
A study revealed this new number based on data for more than 1,200 adult smokers in Canada.
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Vaping teens more likely to move on to regular cigarettes
E-cigarettes are handheld electronic devices that vapourise a fluid typically including nicotine.
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Combination of marijuana & tobacco in pregnancy may compound risks
As marijuana becomes legal in more places in the US, more women are using the drug while pregnant.
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[LISTEN] Plain cigarette packaging could actually help smokers...
National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) discusses the advantages of plain cigarette packaging after Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi last week said his department wants to stamp out smoking in the country altogether.
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Plain cigarette packaging increases motivation to quit, says anti-smoking group
Stephen Grootes chats to Yussuf Saloojee, executive director at NCAS, about plain cigarette packaging in South Africa.
