Wondering what you are going to do after those first couple of hours when those nagging withdraw symptoms start to rear their ugly faces? Withdraw comes in many forms from irritability to getting fidgety, body aches, shakes, headaches, increased appetite, spaciness and the list goes on. Instead of arming yourself with bags of lollypops and [...]

Herbal cigarettes designed as an aid to quit smoking are a potential health hazard themselves, researchers have warned. The cigarettes are marketed in some European countries as an aid to stop smoking. They contain no nicotine or tobacco, but are smoked in the usual way. However, a team from the University of Vienna has found [...]

From the 14th of February drinkers at the Staveley arms can’t light up with their drink. Mike Dry and Elaine Little thought Valentine’s Day would be the ideal time to ban smoking in their pub, not realising their action would co-incide with a parliamentary debate on the issue. They say it makes sense to get [...]

Next month’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix will be the last time cigarette companies will be able to use the romance of racing to sell their tobacco products in Malaysia. Health activists here can at least in part thank the World Health Organization’s treaty on tobacco control, which goes into effect Sunday in 40 countries, [...]

The link between smoking and kidney cancer may be stronger than experts have appreciated. Pulling together data from 24 studies conducted since the 1960s, an international research team found that the risk of kidney cancer was 38 percent higher among people who had ever smoked versus those who had never picked up the habit. And [...]