Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the U.S. this year, part of a significant drop in the youth use of tobacco overall, the government…
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It has been 15 years since a ban on smoking was issued for indoor spaces in Türkiye. As the use of tobacco and tobacco products…
Turkish researchers, led by Nuket Sivri, a lecturer at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa’s Environmental Engineering Department, uncovered shocking microplastic pollution levels from cigarette butts along the shores…
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has unveiled new data indicating that the prevalence of tobacco and tobacco product use among women aged 15 and above…
Scientists in Austria found evidence that smoking e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes have a similar effect on cells. The University of Innsbruck published the study in…
As per a recent survey, 250 people die every day in Türkiye due to tobacco use, while 8 million die every year in the world,…
As the world gears up to observe World Smoking Boycott Day on Feb. 9, Dr. Mustafa Aydın, president of the Turkish Anti-Smoking Association, has drawn…
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on governments to categorize electronic cigarettes in line with tobacco products and to enforce a ban on all flavors.…
The counseling and support lines at the Ministry of Health, the General Directorate of Public Health, and the Department of Tobacco and Substance Addiction Prevention…
Some 130,000 individuals across Türkiye have overcome cigarette addiction since 2015 through the lifesaving Alo 171 “Quitting Smoking Counseling Line” established under the country’s Health…