Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, a physician-investigator at the Medical Practice Evaluation Center and the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of ...

Professor at the School of Economics and Principal Investigator of the Economics of Tobacco Control Project, University of Cape Town Sam Filby is employed by the Research Unit on the Economics of ...

When first introduced, strict rules about tobacco advertising in South Africa helped to cut smoking from 32% to 24% in a decade. But 20 years later the country isn't the public health darling it once ...

Tobacco control programmes in multi-ethnic societies must take into account ethnic differences in the determinants of smoking. The I-Change Model, an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, was ...

Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, a physician-investigator at the Medical Practice Evaluation Center and the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Africa faces a surge in cancer deaths unless action is taken in the next decade to stem rising smoking levels in a continent where anti-tobacco laws remain rare, U.S. scientists ...

In South Africa, smoking rates have been steadily declining, thanks to increased awareness and tighter regulations. However, a new trend has emerged: vaping is now viewed as the “healthier” ...

A documentary filmmaker working in South Africa reports that she’s uncovered a new teen trend: Kids there are grinding up and smoking AIDS drugs, sometimes mixed with tranquilizers and pot, to get ...

As the new millennium dawned, I noticed that smoking, very much on the wane since its 1960 peak, was suddenly getting a lot of alarming publicity. “Smoking causes lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema, ...

* Smoking rates seen doubling in half of Africa * Experts say anti-smoking policies could prevent "pandemic" * Smoking expected to kill 6 million worldwide in 2010 By Kate Kelland LONDON, Nov 11 ...