Health News
UN Summit On Non – Communicable Diseases
05/16/2010The adoption of a resolution on 13 May 2010 by the UN General Assembly to convene a high-level summit in September 2011 on the issue of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases was a “momentous and historical occasion”
Women now main target of tobacco firms
05/12/2010BEIJING – The number of female smokers in the country may see a sharp rise as Chinese women have become the main target of tobacco companies, a government official said on Tuesday.
WHO database of pictorial health warnings.
05/06/2010Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention requires Parties to implement large, rotating health warnings on all tobacco product packaging and labeling.
Tobacco business, teen sports don’t mix
05/05/2010Boulder High School has chosen Terry Gallagher, a man with family roots in BHS and Colorado basketball, as the new coach of the girls’ basketball. The BHS athletic director has said, “Terry’s got a lot of stuff going for him.”
The Cochrane Collaboration Reviews Effectiveness of Legislative Smoking Bans
05/04/2010A new review released by the Cochrane Collaboration finds that legislative smoking bans have achieved their primary objective of reducing exposure to secondhand smoke. The review covered 50 studies, 31 studies relating to the exposure to secondhand smoke and 19 studies measuring its biomarkers. The studies examined the effects of clean air legislation in countries, states and regional areas.