SEOUL, Jan.4 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study shows that people who were exposed to secondhand smoke were almost twice as likely to be smokers compared to those were weren’t. Professor Kang Dae-hee and his research team at Seoul National University arrived at the results after studying the smoking patterns of 24,490 adult males between [...]
SEOUL, Dec.18 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that most forms of cancer are caused by bad living habits and are not hereditary. A research team at Stonybrook University in the U.S. announced that the results of its research indicate that 70 percent to 90 percent of common types of cancer including breast, testicle and lung [...]
The Korea Tobacco Association (KTA) announced that it will start a campaign to prevent smoking among teenagers with students from ‘The School to help you Grow, Byeol’ and popular webtoonist Jeon Sun-wook, famous for his webtoon ‘Free draw’ on Naver. (Image : Kobizmedia / Korea Bizwire) SEOUL, Dec.2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Tobacco Association [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed that smoking is the cause of almost half of the strokes suffered by individuals under the age of 45. Professor Bae Hee-jun’s team at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital reported that they came up with these results after investigating 5,107 patients that were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – We should all take care of our health when we are young. However, Korean men in their 30s and 40s make little effort to protect their health according to a recent survey. In the meantime, many in their 60s practice healthy lifestyles with lower smoking rates, low-risk drinking, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the members of the OECD, the lifespan of Korean men is shorter compared to Korean women, as well as men of other countries. The main factors that contributed to lower life expectancies for Korean men were the high smoking rate and stress levels. It is a well known fact [...]
Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a price hike and the expansion of non-smoking areas early this year, the smoking rate among adult males has dropped by six percent. As the smoking rate decreased, the consumption of tobacco showed a drastic decline, but because of the higher prices, income from cigarettes increased. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Smokers are more stressed and drink more than non-smokers, according to a report from the Ministry of Health & Welfare (MOHW) published on April 7 that examined the habits of 220,000 Koreans. While 70.3 percent of smokers had more than one alcoholic beverage per month, the same was true [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The largest network of smokers in South Korea asked the Constitutional Court Tuesday to review the constitutionality of the current ban on smoking in all restaurants, saying it infringes on people’s right to happiness. A revised national health law took effect on Jan. 1, expanding the ban that had previously [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the government is preparing to raise the cigarette price by 80 percent to 4,500 won (US$4.39), a survey said one out of three smokers said they are willing to quit if the cigarette price indeed rises this time. According to the Ministry of Health & Welfare and the [...]