SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The government for the very first time has embarked on an investigation to find out how smoking can affect productivity during work. While there were assessments on the negative economic effects of smoking, such as higher medical bills, a study on the loss of productivity is the first of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of male smokers in the country halved in the last 20 years, but there has been a steady rise in the use of e-cigarettes, a national survey showed Sunday. The 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey and the 2019 Youth Health Behavior Survey showed that one in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Illegal sales of cigarettes to minors at convenience stores in Seoul have sharply fallen over the past five years, the government of Seoul said Thursday, citing data on its crackdowns. According to the data, the ratio of illegal cigarette sales to youth by convenience stores in the capital city [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Health insurance spending to cover smoking and drinking-related treatments reached 13 trillion won (US$11 billion) from 2016 through 2018, data showed Monday. According to a report submitted to Rep. Jung Choun-sook by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) for the ongoing parliamentary audit, annual expenditures, including insurance coverage and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Men who work at night are 3.3 times more likely to fail to quit smoking than daytime workers, a recent study has revealed. In particular, 9 out of 10 young men in their 20s and 30s who work at night were found to be unable to quit smoking. A [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a recent survey, male and female smokers differ in their preferences for designated smoking areas. It turns out that men usually smoke outside, while women tend to prefer smoking inside. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a national survey of 3,200 smokers. Based on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry said Monday that the graphic warnings on cigarette packs will be enlarged starting next year in the latest move to curb smoking. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it plans to adopt a revised law that mandates expanding the warning images from the current [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of male smokers in South Korea continue to smoke even after being diagnosed with cancer, a recent study has revealed. A research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital studied 15,000 male patients over 40 years of age who were initially diagnosed with cancer between [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten human resources (HR) representatives in South Korea support the idea of imposing restrictions on hiring smokers, a recent study has showed. CareerNet Co., a South Korean online job search portal, conducted a survey of 474 human resources managers, 42.6 percent of whom said they support [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Merely lighting up a cigarette in a non-smoking area can be punished by a fine of up to 100,000 won (US$88). In addition, privacy cannot serve as reasonable grounds to oppose being photographed when caught smoking in a non-smoking area. The Ministry of Health and Welfare, in new guidelines [...]