While US-style moist snuff, which is also popular in South Africa, maintained ... consumers shifted to cheaper tobacco products, such as cigarettes. Single-use products continued to develop ...

Electricity produced by independent power producers in South Africa ... use of independent power producers reduces the requested tariff by 2.3 percentage points. This can be seen in the graph ...

Dr. William Mina, WHO Africa Region Office, reminded the gathering about the devastating consequence of tobacco use and the threat it poses to even non-smokers. He made reference to the seventeen SDGs ...

People who use tobacco products are more likely to experience severe COVID-19 outcomes. Smokers are more likely to be admitted to intensive care, to need mechanical ventilation, or die, compared to ...

We report the first longitudinal lung function data from a population-representative cohort in sub-Saharan Africa: the results suggest that exposure to biomass fuel smoke may be less harmful than ...

Tobacco use in India remains a pervasive public health challenge, deeply rooted in various psychological and social factors that influence individuals across different demographics. While efforts ...

The new report from US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, highlights persistent disparities in tobacco use and ...

Health disparities related to tobacco use are not equally distributed among all population groups, the U.S. Surgeon General revealed in a new report on Tuesday. Despite significant progress in ...

Companies in the tobacco industry have some of the most serious ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily ...

Additionally, people who live in rural areas or reside in the Midwest or South are more likely to use tobacco, as are those who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and those who live with a ...

It says menthol products "increase the likelihood of tobacco initiation, addiction, and sustained use" and are "disproportionately used by Black people, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people ...

Smoke Free St. Joe presenting information they have learned about the tobacco industries impact here in St. Joseph ...