SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – May 31 was World No Tobacco Day. Korea also celebrated the event’s 29th anniversary with various stop-smoking events across the country. The Ministry of National Defense announced a policy to reduce soldiers’ smoking rate from the current 40 percent to 30 percent by 2020. It is offering leave to [...]
CHEONGJU, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - One year after a spike in cigarette prices, the fever to quit smoking has died down with a much fewer number of people joining anti-smoking clinics operated by public health centers, data showed Tuesday. According to the data, only 219 smokers registered with a clinic that helps people kick the [...]
SEOUL, Feb.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that most of those who quit smoking made up their minds because of encouragement from their families. According to a survey conducted by Johnson & Johnson Korea on 1,000 adults between the ages of 20 and 50, 96.5 percent of men quit smoking at the urging of their [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Diet products and implements to help quit smoking are becoming popular at this time of new year’s resolutions. According to Lotte Department Store, sales of said products increased during the period from January 2 to 9. Over this time, sales of sports products and running shoes increased by 24 [...]