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Smoking has decreased by 3.2 per cent (from 27.6 per cent to 24.4 per cent) while use of oral (smokeless) tobacco in women stands at 8.2 per cent, higher than mens at 1.9 per cent.

'QuitLine' on cigarette packs helps quit smoking

Along with the QuitLine, a helpline number to quit smoking, the government has asked the tobacco manufactures to put two...

4 April 2018 9:00 PM

Snus use has been linked to a decrease in tobacco smoking and smoking related diseases. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Smokeless tobacco products equally harmful

Smokers misunderstand health risks of smokeless tobacco products: Study.

4 March 2019 10:40 AM

E-cigarettes were nearly twice as effective as conventional nicotine replacement products.

Smoker's remedy

E-cigarette is what will get a smoker to stop smoking. Has the idea clicked?

28 Feb 2019 7:38 PM

The moment you dont have a reason to smoke, you stop smoking. So, dont go from 10 to zero in a day. Aim to stop one micro habit after another. Dr Amit Gawande

Kick The Butt Not The Bucket

On World No Tobacco day, smokers and doctors share the best way to quit the harmful habit.

30 May 2018 7:47 PM

L-cysteine is an amino acid that eliminates acetaldehyde, a compound in cigarettes believed to play a role in tobacco addiction by enhancing the brains responses to nicotine

Can this new lozenge help smokers quit?

Study showed pill containing amino acid L-cysteine could help quit smoking as it eliminates addiction causing...

17 July 2017 2:35 AM

A key hurdle for health communicators is rejection and avoidance of messages (Photo: AFP)

Making smokers quit easier through nostalgic emotions

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable...

20 Feb 2017 4:10 AM