smoking
Is roll-your-own tobacco the new ‘kiddy pack’?
Teen smoking rates are dropping… but there’s also a worrying increase in the popularity of roll-your-own tobacco amongst adolescents, warns the Cancer Council The Council is calling for Governments to …
Clinical tips: smoking cessation
Louis Roller has some tips for pharmacists helping people quit smoking: now or in the New Year Tobacco smoking and addiction is the major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality …
Clinical tips: overindulgence
As the silly season begins, Louis Roller takes a look at navigating the pitfalls of overindulgence Overindulgence: to allow yourself to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink: wish I hadn’t overindulged so much …
The tobacco endgame
Could restricting tobacco sales to only pharmacies, combined with cessation advice in these settings, accelerate progress towards a tobacco-free future? New Zealand researchers have aimed to quantify the impacts of …
Sitting claims trivialise smoking dangers
In recent years, sitting has been described as the new smoking – but does the evidence add up? No, it doesn’t, says an international team of researchers who examined “misleading” …
The week in review
It’s been a busy week in the pharmacy sector, with new information on drug trends, a number of health awareness days and another shot in the turf war There was …
CBD smoking ban another small step
One Sydney council area will be the first in Australia to make its CBD smoke-free… with an initial emphasis on education, says its pharmacist mayor At the October meeting of …
A new population of smokers?
Relaxing current regulations on e-cigarettes is unlikely to result in further smoking cessation in young adults as most are using them for enjoyment, say Australian researchers Among Australian young adults …
‘Cautious scepticism’ needed on e-cig safety
Vaporised e-liquid fluid has a similar effect on the lungs as those seen in regular cigarette smokers, new research shows Study results published in BMJ Journal Thorax show e-liquid that has been vapourised …
Vaping: for and against
A smoking cessation expert has called for vaping to be made available for adults as a quitting aid UNSW Conjoint Associate Professor Colin Mendelsohn, chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm …
E-cigarettes: the evidence
A review of the public health consequences of e-cigarettes has found their use is likely to result in a net public health benefit over the next 30 years… but there …
Another option to quit
Could this common plant provide a low-cost, effective treatment option for smokers trying to quit? NSW smokers who want to quit are being recruited to take part in a world-first …