Habits

Nearly two-thirds of Greeks are inhaling someone elses tobacco smoke on a daily basis, making Greece the worst nation in the European Union in exposing its people to the health risks of passive smoking.

Phillip Morris has launched a new cigarette product in the UK market that it claims to be healthier than its conventional tobacco products. Its smokeless cigarette is described by some as a “hybrid between analogs and electronic cigarettes.”

Popular Greek actor George Vasileiou died on Wednesday morning, after battling with cancer for a long period. The 67-year-old actor, who had become a household name playing the role of a tough police officer in a long running successful TV series called “Lampsi”, was a heavy smoker and had come out about his health issues in September urging people to stop smoking.

The results of the four-yearly survey, in which 96,000 school students in 35 countries took part, reveal that while teenage smoking and drinking are showing signs of decline, there are new concerns about the dangers of excessive screen time and new psychoactive drugs.

On the occasion of World No Smoking Day on Tuesday, the Hellenic Anti-cancer Institute has called on the government to redouble efforts to enforce an anti-smoking ban in restaurants, bars and other public places but also to extend the ban to children's playgrounds, beaches and squares.

A public transport employee in Turkey was caught while masturbating over a female passenger on an intercity bus. The incident has caused an outcry in the country, with the female claiming this kind of behaviour reflects the ‘repressive atmosphere against women in Turkey’.

The European Court of Justice rejected tobacco firms legal challenge against EU rules that force them to put graphic images on cigarette packages warning people of the dangers of smoking.

Yes it is a scientific fact that smoking is hazardous to people’s health. It is a also a fact that smoking is detrimental to the health of non smokers forced to inhale in closed areas. But this funny video aired on Italian TV looks at the whole ant-smoking hysteria from a different perspective. Sometime the hypocrisy inherent in all social movements is worth pointing out.

So sex is exercise? Well yes and no. It depends on your definition of exercise. If you compare the two purely by the physiological change that occurs then yes, because sex elicits a change in human physiology akin to exercise.

Bulgarian lawmakers on Thursday adopted on second reading changes to tobacco legislation banning the sale of tobacco with specific flavor and aroma qualities.

Tobacco used to manually roll cigarettes will only be allowed on the market if it has "natural" aroma or flavor and contains no additional vitamins or caffeine that gives it additional colors.