SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Flavored tobacco products make it easy for people to start smoking, while influencing them to continue smoking, a study showed Tuesday. Kim Hee-jin, a professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health, conducted a survey of 10,030 people from 13 to 39 years of age. Among them, the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has started a crackdown on flavored cigarettes that may encourage long-term smoking habits. The Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed plans on Saturday to implement strong measures that would regulate the flavoring used widely in cigarette products. The Ministry will be working alongside other government [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A study conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Professor Kim Hee Jin of the Yonsei Graduate School of Public Health revealed that 65.5 percent of smokers between the ages of 13 and 39 use flavored cigarettes. The data was collected through an online survey [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Although they are seldom a go-to for longtime smokers, cigarettes that have a flavor capsule in the filter are highly appealing to youth including underage teenagers, who often prefer cigarettes with less of the bitterness of conventional brands. But such cigarettes can be more dangerous, and at the same [...]