Tobacco control: Then and now
Health-e News takes a look back at South Africa’s history of tobacco control.
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Taxes, bans save millions from tobacco deaths
Anti-smoking measures like tobacco advertising and public smoking bans, as well as higher taxes on tobacco products could prevent tens of millions of deaths across the world, according to recent research.
Country clamps down on illegal cigarettes
South Africa is looking to stem the tide of illegal cigarettes entering through the country’s borders.
At a glance: Tobacco and your body
Causing cataracts to cancer, smoking can affect every part of your body - see how in this graphic.
Snuff: Three women, one addiction
South African women are more likely than men to use smokeless tobacco, according to research. OurHealth talks to three women about their addictions.
Kindness of others makes cancer more bearable
Glenda Venn’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2011, but she found comfort in the company of others also battling the disease.
Young children recognise cigarette brands
Nearly two-thirds of young children in low- and middle-income countries can identify cigarette brand logos, according to new research.
“Snuff’ users just as likely to progress to smoking
New research finds high rates of smokeless tobacco use among young South African women, who may be just as likely as those that experiment with cigarettes to become regular smokers.
S. Korean tobacco firm ‘depicts African farmers as monkeys’
African tobacco control activists have launched a campaign calling for a South Korean company to pull its “This Africa” cigarette brand.
First ever guidelines to manage pain in cancer patients to be released
A team of South African experts has created the country’s first guidelines for managing pain in cancer patients, due to be released early next year.
Need to rethink palliative care in South Africa
Hospice is still a place associated with HIV, cancer and death. But rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) may mean South Africa needs to rethink the meaning of hospice.
New foundation urges South Africans to get ‘sun smart’
With summer fast approaching, the South African Society for Dermatological Surgery is set to make sure that South Africans are 'sun smart.'
Second-hand smoke by numbers
More than a third of South Africans could be exposed to dangerous levels of second-hand smoke, according to a recent study. Health-e presents this growing threat in numbers.
Quitting’s benefits come quickly, not easily
Quit smoking now and you’ll see benefits almost instantly but it s not always easy, as one former smoker admits.
Yuvraj Singh’s biggest test
KUALA LUMPUR – If their lives were at stake and someone had to bat their way out of trouble, chances are excellent that any cricket fan would select Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh to hit the winning six. This week “Yuvie”,…