2023-10-05 14:39:04 The UK plans to raise the legal age for buying tobacco every year. An effective strategy, specialists judge, but inapplicable in France. What if cigarettes were banned from sale, even to adults? This is the scenario towards which the United Kingdom is heading, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak having announced on Wednesday October 4 … Read more
2023-08-14 16:44:14 LONDON • The government is set to make it mandatory for messages promoting discouraging smoking to be included on cigarette packs sold in the UK, a report said. Reports indicate that the government is considering draft proposals in this regard. Cigarette packs will include messages highlighting the health and economic benefits of quitting … Read more
2023-08-11 20:54:00 “Father of accidentology” and “Mister road safety in France”, the doctor Claude Got, who notably defended the compulsory belt and was a “public health activist”, died Friday in Belgium at the age of 87 years. Suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and “deeply affected by the death of his wife”, “he went to Belgium for … Read more
2023-08-11 14:00:54 More exposed to certain risk factors, more sensitive to harmful effects, often treated late, women are particularly vulnerable to toxic substances. “It all started after my separation. I couldn’t bear to be alone, I chained the afterworks and dinners with friends… Each time with a lot of alcohol. It felt good… I started … Read more
2023-07-21 21:00:30 A few days after his attack, he had agreed to testify, still marked by the violence of the blows. “It’s hammer blows, it’s punches, kicks. They threaten to kill my children, to kill my wife, it’s horror for 1h30”, he revealed at the time. His attackers are still wanted. Today his bakery is … Read more
2023-06-15 08:00:00 Invented in China in 2006, the electronic cigarette seems to have conquered the hearts of smokers. The principle is simple: the device heats an aerosol more or less concentrated in nicotine. The liquids on sale are composed of propylene glycol or glycerol, various flavors and possibly nicotine. Thus, cigarettes can be refillable or … Read more
2023-06-01 10:23:12 After years of steady decline, the number of French daily smokers has not decreased for three years. World No Tobacco Day is an opportunity to take stock of this trend. In France, one in four adults admits to being tempted by at least one cigarette a day, according to the latest report from … Read more
2023-05-31 11:00:28 On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Public Health France publishes its study on smoking for the year 2022. According to this study, the prevalence of daily smoking remains strongly linked to social background. «The number of smokers remains at a high level in France“. Here is the observation made by Public … Read more