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The proportion of smokers who think vapes are more harmful than cigarettes is “worse than ever”, academics in the UK have said. Researchers said that misconceptions about the harms of vapes compared to cigarettes could put smokers off quit attempts. It comes as the latest results from a major new poll of smokers in England were published. Some 28,393 adult smokers in England were asked about their perceptions about e-cigarettes between November 2014 and June 2023, with 1,700 people interviewed each month. When the survey began in 2014, just 11% of smokers thought that e-cigarettes were more ha......

There are so many good reasons to stop smoking. You'll save money, won't be out of breath when you go upstairs and set a good example for your children, to name just a few. If you have a particular reason to stop smoking, whatever it is, that will help you to see it through, experts say, as you will be more motivated. Keep those personal reasons for quitting smoking front of mind, preferably by writing them down, is the advice of Germany's Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA). But even the strongest reasons cannot protect you from the fact that quitting smoking can be a challenge. Here a......

Smoking kills, and most health care organizations readily sound warnings.

“Don't smoke or use tobacco products,” the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recommends.

“Stop smoking or chewing tobacco” and “limit your exposure to second hand smoke,” the American Red Cross similarly advises. ...

An environmentalist Democratic congressman acknowledged that his wife purchased — then quickly dumped — nearly 100 stocks in various oil, energy, tobacco, defense and other companies, blaming a new investment firm for going on an erroneous stock shopping spree.

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) reported that Nicole Stanton’s 94 stock purchases included shares in fossil fuel giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips; power utility NextEra Energy; tobacco company Philip Morris International; transportation companies Union Pacific and Tesla and communications technology company and defense contractor Qualcomm, to name a few.

Stanton explained the apparent snafu in a Nov. 9 disclosure to Congress: “In Sept. 2023, my wife started with a new investment firm for her assets, and this investment firm was unaware of our policy against owning individual stocks. On Sept. 26, the new investment firm purchased stock mimicking the S&P 500. I learned of the purchase of stock on Oct. 21, and immediately on the next business day (Oct. 23) requested the stocks be divested. The new investment firm sold the stock and instead invested in Exchange Traded Funds.”...

CHICAGO — The 15-year-old Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which makes most indoor public spaces off-limits for smoking, now governs electronic cigarettes as well after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that was approved with bipartisan support in the spring legislative session. “Illinoisans deserve to enjoy public spaces without being exposed unwillingly to secondhand vapor and other electronic cigarettes byproducts,” Pritzker said in a statement. “Now, e-cigarettes and vapes will qualify under existing anti-smoking laws, reducing air pollution and making a more accessible, healt......