IARC Group 1 carcinogens
Should alcoholic beverages have cancer warning labels?
Fifteen words are roiling the global alcohol industry.
Beginning in 2026, containers of beer, wine and liquor sold in Ireland will be required by law to bear a label in red capital letters with two warnings: "There Is a Direct Link Between Alcohol and Fatal Cancers" and "Drinking Alcohol Causes Liver Disease."
High levels of dangerous metals found in exclusive marijuana users
After tobacco and alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly used drug in the world
European regulators close in on Big Tobacco’s new tea sticks
European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were designed to exploit just months after their launch.
This addictive nut is driving record rates of cancer yet millions continue to chew it
“We’re growing up with the betel nut culture. When we start eating hard food, we also start chewing”
USA: High levels of a carcinogenic substance found in famous acne products
High levels of the carcinogenic substance have been found in Clinique, Clearasil and other popular products - What is the dangerous benzene?
Two arrested for cigarette smuggling
Two suspects, identified as Pakistani nationals, were arrested in a downtown Athens minimarket for breaching customs laws on Tuesday morning after large quantities of unlicensed tobacco products were found in the store.
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Bulgaria: Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Enforced by Law in 2024
All tobacco products featuring flavors other than tobacco are set to be withdrawn from sale by January 1, 2024. The amendments to the law on tobacco and tobacco products, recently ratified by deputies, established this regulation without encountering any debate.
Preventable deaths from smoking still high in Greece
Greece could have prevented almost 170,000 deaths between 2000 and 2019 if it had followed Sweden's example in combating smoking, according to the findings of the report Saving Lives Like Sweden, signed by leading experts in smoking harm reduction from around the world.