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New Solutions Urgently Needed to Tackle Smoking Worldwide: Experts to Convene in Poland at the Global Forum on Nicotine

New Solutions Urgently Needed to Tackle Smoking Worldwide: Experts to Convene in Poland at the Global Forum on Nicotine

WARSAW, Poland, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — International public health specialists, scientists, doctors, regulators, consumers and manufacturers are convening this week in the Polish capital to discuss new ways of tackling global smoking-related death and disease. Over four days, 70 speakers and hundreds of delegates at the tenth annual Global Forum on Nicotine (21 – 24 June) will [...]

Flavored Tobacco Makes It Easy to Start Smoking, but Stopping is Difficult: Study

Flavored Tobacco Makes It Easy to Start Smoking, but Stopping is Difficult: Study

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 [...]

Socioeconomic Costs of Drinking, Smoking and Obesity Reach 42 tln Won: Study

Socioeconomic Costs of Drinking, Smoking and Obesity Reach 42 tln Won: Study

SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The social losses caused by alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and obesity have reached nearly 42 trillion won (US$32.9 billion), a study showed Monday. The National Health Insurance Service estimated that socioeconomic costs caused by health risks posed by drinking, smoking and obesity reached 41.8 trillion won as of 2019, [...]

Smoking Returns as Outdoor Mask Mandate Ends

Smoking Returns as Outdoor Mask Mandate Ends

SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Since mask wearing has become no longer mandatory in outdoor places, non-smokers are increasingly frustrated with outdoor smoking. Various online communities are increasingly talking about frustrations over street smoking, which was once part of everyday life in the pre-pandemic era. For smokers, in contrast, the end of the outdoor [...]

Smoking Kills 159 Koreans Every Day: Study

Smoking Kills 159 Koreans Every Day: Study

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Socioeconomic costs, such as medical costs, caused by direct smoking have surpassed the 12 trillion won (US$9.66 billion) threshold on an annual basis. A research team from Seoul National University reported that 58,036 people died from direct smoking in 2019, which amounts to an average of 159 people every [...]

Gov’t to Disclose More Info on Harmful Effects of Smoking

Gov’t to Disclose More Info on Harmful Effects of Smoking

SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to raise general awareness of the health risks of smoking once again by setting up an exclusive research institute specializing in the impact of tobacco on public health. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) opened last Wednesday the ‘National Harmful Effects of Cigarette [...]

COVID-19 Leads to Drops in Smoking and Drinking Rates While Everyday Stress Levels Rise

COVID-19 Leads to Drops in Smoking and Drinking Rates While Everyday Stress Levels Rise

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — With the spread of the coronavirus and the introduction of social distancing policies, South Koreans are engaged in less smoking, drinking, and physical activities, while their everyday stress levels have increased. Last year, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government conducted a survey of 41,983 residents via 46 local community health centers [...]