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In 2023, the CDC gave more than $84 million to state health departments to run quit lines and help smokers quit. Thirteen ...
Cigarette smoking declines over the past several decades prevented an estimated 3.8 million lung cancer deaths, according to ...
Beirut, Monday March 24, 2025: Under the patronage of H.E. the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Rakan Nassereldine, the Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), the WHO Framework ...
Despite their established effectiveness, uptake of the WHO best buys for tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been ...
The move follows cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide with the shuttering of U.S.A.I.D. By Apoorva Mandavilli During his first term, President Donald J. Trump unveiled a bold ...
That being said, I believe it is also critical for us to contemplate that things may not be as bad as they seem for the S&P 500 right now, even though the pessimistic media reporting might point ...
This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...
New figures released today show that illegally smuggled tobacco in the UK “is out of control” with the government urged to “wake up” to the startling figures. Legal tobacco sales have ...
As the global community celebrates two decades of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the number of smokers in Ghana is expected to reach 1.7 million in ...
Maine’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs, fully funded at the levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are a lifeline. These programs help people quit ...
The Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention and Control Office operates under the Area of Community Health Care in the Health Bureau. Pursuant to the Administrative Regulation No. 26/2023, it shall exercise ...