Sort by: Date added | Date Published | Most Viewed

Headlines Tagged with International 14,059 headlines found

6 Views

World’s Largest Tobacco Use Study Shows Vast Scope of Tobacco Epidemic and Urgent Need for Countries to Act

This study demonstrates how quickly the burden of tobacco use is moving to low- and middle-income countries and is a wake-up call for these countries to act now and address a crisis they can ill afford.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Aug 18, 2012 01:56
5 Views

New Study Reveals Enormity of Global Tobacco Epidemic

Nations must act now to reduce tobacco use and save lives
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Aug 18, 2012 01:52
39 Views

[Australia] Appeal to WTO may yet deliver Big Tobacco victory ($$)

Two more clashes must be fought and won before it can claim victory, and these battles will be waged on very different terrain.
The Australian (au)
added Aug 17, 2012 13:35
13 Views

Singapore healthiest country in the world

The final ranking was calculated based on a health-risk score which took into consideration factors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity rates, physically inactivity and extent of immunisation coverage.
Bikya Masr (eg)
added Aug 17, 2012 03:29
15 Views

[Australia] Tobacco Packaging, Calvin Klein: Intellectual Property

Once a country implements a tobacco-control measure, it becomes easier for other countries to do the same, Rob Cunningham, a senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society in Ottawa, said in an e-mail. Canada was the first to make pictorial health
Bloomberg News
added Aug 17, 2012 03:27
8 Views

Tobacco use entrenched in developing countries: study

Tobacco use is massively entrenched in developing countries, where one of the biggest worries is the rise of smoking among women, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet.
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added Aug 17, 2012 03:03
6 Views

Tobacco may kill 1 billion in next century

"In the absence of effective actions, about one billion people worldwide will die prematurely in the next century from tobacco use," says lead author Gary A. Giovino, "and most of those deaths and the health care and economic costs that come with them, wi
Futurity
added Aug 17, 2012 02:54
8 Views

Tobacco Use Still Huge Worldwide As Young Women Smoke More

Health experts are calling for more action to fight the spread of smoking across the world, with new research identifying 852 million smokers.
IBTimes (uk)
added Aug 17, 2012 02:53
7 Views

World's Largest Tobacco Use Study Shows Vast Scope of Tobacco Epidemic and Urgent Need for Countries to Act

The world's largest tobacco use survey, published today in The Lancet, underscores the enormity of the global tobacco epidemic - especially in low- and middle-income countries that are being targeted by the tobacco industry - and the urgent need for coun
CBS MarketWatch
added Aug 17, 2012 02:40
14 Views

[Australia] Tobacco health warnings around the world

CNN
added Aug 16, 2012 22:24
Sign up for daily headlines All Headlines Featured Headlines U.S. Headlines International Headlines