Health

Will the Commission consider setting up a scientific medical committee to study the health effects of e-cigarettes?

From January 19 to 25, 2020, the 43rd edition of the Week for a Tobacco-Free Quebec will take place, intended to raise awareness among the general public about the risks...

Swiss cigarettes in circulation in Europe and those sold in Africa are not the same: they contain more tar and nicotine.

In France, like in many other countries, smoking is a social marker and particularly affects disadvantaged populations.

Smoking contributes to the fact that homeless people are three times more likely than other people to die prematurely.

In 2018, the OFDT published its annual survey on the consumption of psychoactive substances among a panel of 20,000 adolescents

The number of smokers in developing countries has continued to increase over the years, particularly among young populations.

Senegal has been committed to the fight against smoking since 2014, through a law aimed at countering the strategies used by the tobacco industry...

The global fight against child exploitation is failing, according to the British Medical Journal. With 152 million child workers in the world,...

On average, in France, smokers smoke 13 cigarettes per day in 2018, which is slightly less than in 2010 with 13.8 cigarettes/day.

It is clear that the development of tobacco cultivation has not been accompanied by any economic prosperity.

Scientists rely on a major body of epidemiological data that allows for robust estimates of this mortality.