HIV awareness for Youth Day
The Zola Community combined soccer and HIV testing as it celebrated Youth Day on June 16.
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‘Stealth-marketing’ campaign against plain packaging
With the looming threat of plain packaging, tobacco companies in the United Kingdom have launched a stealth marketing campaign to try and mobilise smokers to “fight back”.
Child labour rife in tobacco farming
Children are being used to grow tobacco and the practice is thriving in the Asia Pacific region. This is according to a new report, launched today (June 12) to coincide with World Day Against Child Labour. The Report on Child…
Study shows PreP works for IDU
A Thailand trial has shown that a daily dose of the antiretroviral (ARV) drug Tenofovir reduces HIV incidence by almost half among injecting drug users and even further if they adhere to the regimen. The latest results complete the picture…
Who is to blame for flourishing illegal cigarette trade?
OPINION: Illegal cigarettes often make headlines in South Africa – a cigarette stash is either seized at the border or is being destroyed, or another smuggler is appearing in court. Unlike illicit drugs, you don’t need to meet a dodgy…
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Bethlehem marches against tobacco
BETHLEHEM. – On World No Tobacco Day members from the Department of Health (DOH) in the Thabo Mofutsanyana district marched through the streets wearing T-shirts with the message “smoking is addictive, don’t start” and shouted “Down with smoking! Down!” “We…
Less tobacco, more alcohol in movies
The amount of smoking in movies has reduced since regulations stopping tobacco companies from buying on-screen brand placements were introduced in 1998, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. Meanwhile the number of alcohol brand appearances has increased in…
Smokers cost employers thousands
Workers that smoke cost their employers nearly $6 000 (around R60 000) more each year than their non-smoking counterparts. A new study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found that smokers incurred more costs through taking time off, smoke breaks…
WHO pre-qualifies MMC device
MEDIA RELEASE: The announcement last week that the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the PrePex device for non-surgical voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) offers another important option for expansion of VMMC programs in countries hard hit by the HIV epidemic.…
Smoking is the worst bad habit
The most significant lifestyle change people can make to protect their health is to stop smoking, researchers reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The new study shows that although regular exercise and a healthy diet have clear health benefits,…
TB and the search for a vaccine
Aeras, a non-profit organisation, advancing the critical search for a TB vaccine, has a produced a four-part series on TB and the search for a vaccine. Watch Chapters 1 – 3, including a focus on the trial site in Worcester,…
Anti-smoking ads help smokers quit
Exposure to anti-smoking messages help motivate smokers to quit, a recent survey found. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Global Adult Tobacco Survey tracked attitudes in 17 countries across Europe, Asia and South America. Overall, exposure to…
SA Prof to head UNAIDS science panel
MEDIA RELEASE: —The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé today announced the appointment of South African scientist, Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim as Chair of the newly established UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel. Mr Sidibe…
Ban on tobacco displays to protect children: WHO
Social media, the movies and in-store displays continue to push South African children into taking up a deadly addiction. Friday, 31 May, is World No Tobacco Day and the aim is to highlight the enormous harm caused by tobacco use…