When George Balafoutis returned home from New York two years ago, he was shocked to see what little impact nearly a decade of anti-smoking laws had made on stubbing out Greece’s favourite guilty pleasure. It was then that Balafoutis, now 38, decided to build a website dedicated to informing non-smokers where they could enjoy a […]
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Marred by conflicts, residents feel the pinch in Ramadan
Shoppers throng Tripoli’s Souk Al-Hout market but their mood is somber as Libya’s capital is again hit by violence and prices have shot up ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. “Our country is famous for its dates,” a staple which Muslims eat first to break the Ramadan dawn-to-dusk fast, says shopkeeper Abdallah Al-Chaibi. “But […]
Smoking among sprouts
Sir: Everyone knows that smoking is injurious to health, yet the number of smokers is increasing day by day. It is extremely harmful the one who inhale it and the one who is passing through that person. Now in Pakistan, the smoking is increasing in children too. Cigarettes are cheap, everyone can afford it. Nowadays, […]
Smoking is a bad habit
Sir: I find it very strange how cool smoking is. May smokers do not understand why they smoke because even passive smoking can lead to lungs cancer. If you don’t care about your own lungs, atleast think about what you are doing to others. I would like to ask the prime minister and his cabinet […]
Take action against smoking
Sir: I think that we should do more to stop smoking because it is dangerous to health and it will take a long time to get back to being healthy. We all know that passive smoke is harmful too rather is more dangerous than people who smokes. Secondly, it pollutes the mother earth when people […]
Smoking pot vs tobacco: What science says about lighting up
As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country’s biggest public health successes : curbing cigarette smoking. Though there are notable differences in health research findings on tobacco and marijuana, the juxtaposition strikes some as jarring after generations of […]
NUST bars females from smoking in campus, designates special area for males
ISLAMABAD: The National University of Science and Technology on Tuesday barred female students and faculty members from smoking in campus, while designated a special area for males to smoke. In a notification, the NUST administration prohibited females from smoking in campus or in designated areas, which were allowed only to male students and members. A […]
Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little awareness of tobacco’s impact on the human heart. On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day Thursday, the UN health agency hailed that smoking had declined significantly since year 2000, but warned […]
In the line of cigarettes: Mehwish Hayat’s smoking picture sparks social media outrage
There was a man who once said to me: “Tum aik acchi family sai belong karti hou, cigarette peena bandd kar dou.” Coming from a truly patriarchal society, this line brings me to the assertion of the male chauvinist: “Women ought to obey men”. Now, this man also singlehandedly gives us reason to believe that “women are […]
Saba Qamar puts down haters with a cigarette in latest Instagram post
Pakistani actress Saba Qamar has tackled the disgrace regarding women who smoke. In this day and age, women are emerging as a stronger force than before; the stigma attached to smoking is still quite popular in Pakistan. The ‘Hindi Medium‘ actress posted a photo from her latest photoshoot on Instagram that captioned, “Mard peeyein toh […]