People who struggle to quit smoking may be genetically predisposed to the habit, according to new research published in the American Medical Association journal JAMA-Psychiatry. The international team of researchers reviewed studies that looked at genetic links to smoking and pulled…

PRESS RELEASE: Exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function, this is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre.…

Smokers who light up as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention reveals. According to the research,…

Smokers’ broken bones take longer to heal than that of non-smokers, according to new research. “We showed that smokers are at a higher risk of long bone fracture nonunion [not joining], and that there is a trend towards longer fracture…

One in four young people in the United Kingdom who gave up smoking last year said the ban on tobacco product displays in shops helped them to kick the habit, a survey revealed. On April 6 last year supermarkets and…

In response to the tough economic times, smokers are re-lighting used cigarette butts, a new study found. Although smokers may be saving some money, they are paying with their health and researchers warned that re-lighting cigarettes does not reduce exposure…

The best way of cutting the number of cancer cases worldwide is to fight the tobacco industry’s tactics in developing countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need, according to a new report published in Science…

Exposure to second-hand smoke increases a person’s risk of developing early signs a heart disease. According to a new study, signs of coronary artery calcification were found in 26 percent of people who never smoked, but were exposed to varying…

Government’s annual death report has confirmed the trend that fewer South Africans have been dying of HIV/AIDS-related diseases. However, more people are dying of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes. Released in the Free State yesterday morning (THURSDAY), the Statistics SA…

People living with HIV in South Africa, who access antiretroviral therapy (ART) before their immune systems are severely compromised, have life expectancies close to that of the general population, researchers have found. Published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine, the research…

MEDIA RELEASE: As of this month (April), some public sector AIDS patients will start to take simplified ARV treatment of just one pill a day to manage their infection. The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) welcomes this change in…