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Barkada culture 'weaponized'?: The shared joy and despair of vaping among Pinoy youth

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 07:57 PM

A medical anthropologist suggested that the multi-sensory experience of vaping was designed as a hook and "staging area" for a community to blossom. Read more »

Recto bill wants minors banned from buying vape, IDs to be presented at stores

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 02:44 AM

Senate Bill No. 1951 "imposes a minimum age restriction of 18 years for these products to ensure that only adults are allowed access to its use," Recto said. Read more »

Dutch to ban cigarette sales in supermarkets from 2024

Reuters
Posted at Nov 21 12:55 AM

AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands will ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in supermarkets from 2024 in a drive to get more people to give up smoking, the government said on Friday.   Read more »

North Korea tells its people to stop smoking. Can Kim Jong Un quit, too?

Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 05 09:42 PM

orth Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament adopted a law this week introducing smoking bans in public places, such as theaters, schools and hospitals. But the country’s latest anti-smoking campaign, which includes penalties for violators, faces a challenge: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is a regular smoker.   Read more »

North Korea prohibits smoking in public spaces

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 07:15 AM

SEOUL - North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with "hygienic living environments," state media KCNA reported on Thursday.   Read more »

Nicotine vapes more effective than gum and patches for quitters, review finds

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 08:48 PM

The findings, from a review which included evidence from 50 studies around the world, suggests vaping could boost the number of people who stop smoking - a habit known to cause deadly lung cancer and linked to heart disease, stroke and many other chronic diseases. Read more »

Vaping links to COVID-19 risk are becoming clear

Katherine J. Wu, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 05 11:00 PM

Experts have warned that the coronavirus most likely capitalizes on the scarred lungs of smokers and vapers. Read more »

Individual smoking booths, staggered meal times urged in new COVID-19 workplace rules

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 12:08 AM

The Trade and Industry, and Labor departments issued new workplace rules to guard against COVID-19 while reopening the economy. Read more »

Spanish region imposes smoking ban to curb virus spread

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 08:12 PM

Smoking in public is not allowed in Galicia if it is not possible to maintain a distance of 2 meters between people.   Read more »

Workplace under MECQ? Gov't prohibits dining in canteens, common smoking areas

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 06:16 PM

Eating in canteens and smoking in common areas are prohibited in workplaces in modified enhanced community quarantine areas, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Mga canteen, yosi area sa opisina maaaring maging pugad ng COVID-19: opisyal

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 08:27 PM

"We saw that the most critical areas right now are the workplace, 'yung tinatawag natin na economic hubs." Read more »

Canteens, smoking areas in workplaces 'very vulnerable' to COVID-19 contamination: official

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 10:51 AM

MANILA - Spots of convergence in workplaces such as canteens and smoking areas were found to be sources of "great contamination" with COVID-19, the chief implementer of the country's pandemic response strategy said Thursday. Read more »

Dutch to ban flavored e-cigarette sales from next year

Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 05:23 PM

The Netherlands plans to ban flavored electronic cigarettes from next year to make vaping less attractive to young people. Read more »

New research shows why non-smokers get serious lung condition

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 08:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a debilitating lung condition, often develops as a result of decades of heavy smoking -- but that does not explain why almost a third of all cases occur among people who have never smoked. Read more »

How theater actor Lorenz Martinez quit smoking

Leah C. Salterio
Posted at May 31 06:00 AM

With the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) observed annually every May 31, the public is reminded about the dangers of smoking and the negative health effects of tobacco use.    Read more »

France testing whether nicotine can prevent coronavirus disease

Brigitte Castelnau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 04:38 AM

The theory is that nicotine could adhere to cell receptors, therefore blocking the virus from entering cells and spreading in the body, according to renown neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux from France's Pasteur Institut who also co-authored the study. Read more »

DOH asks smokers, vapers to quit as studies show higher rates of COVID-19 infection, use of ventilators

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 10:53 PM

MANILA — Smokers are more likely to be infected by COVID-19 and to end up using ventilators once admitted to hospitals, the Department of Health said on Wednesday. Read more »

Smokers more prone to COVID-19, World Health Organization warns

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 04:25 PM

Smokers are more vulnerable to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the World Health Organization warned recently. Read more »

'Thirdhand' smoke poses health risks, say US scientists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:27 AM

WASHINGTON - The stale odor that announces a smoker's entry into a room may be more than merely unpleasant. Read more »

New Zealand moves to ban vaping ads, sales to minors

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 10:48 AM

New Zealand's government said on Sunday it will introduce laws banning all advertisements of e-cigarettes and the sale of such products to people under 18 in a move to regulate a market that has been under pressure globally.  Read more »