Smoking

Doctors advise older smokers to be screened for lung cancer

7 May 2013

Stepping into the debate over who should be screened for lung cancer, a leading medical specialty group issued new guidelines on Tuesday recommending that doctors offer annual low-dose CT (...

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China tries to get serious on price limits for cigarettes

26 Apr 2013

China's tobacco regulator is trying to enforce a price ceiling on cigarettes this year amid a general move to promote the government's austerity plans.

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Letters to the Editor, March 21, 2013

21 Mar 2013

I was naturally dismayed to read your reports about an attack on a child in Lantau by a Siberian husky, and I have the utmost sympathy for the child's family.

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Letters to the Editor, March 10, 2013

10 Mar 2013

The global investing public is increasingly paying attention to the corporate social responsibilities of listed enterprises. Profitability aside, corporate performance in environmental protection...

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Smoking on increase in Shanghai's 'disaster zones'

4 Mar 2013

Officials referred to the three areas as smoking "disaster zones" and admitted the outlook for implementing the restrictions - imposed three years ago - was "not optimistic".

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Born-again non-smoker aims to save others

4 Mar 2013

After decades of smoking, Kwok Shu-ming's lung disease became so bad that he was "imprisoned" at home for seven years. However, he has been given a second chance to live thanks to an organ donor,...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Letters to the Editor, March 3, 2013

I was interested to read Dr Robert Hanson's letter ("'Green' light bulbs really a health hazard", February 22), replying to my letter ("Offer rewards for light-bulb recycling", February 17)....

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Putin signs law banning smoking in public places

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government’s bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the...

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Make Hong Kong more family-friendly says women's survey

New research shows that Hong Kong requires better policies to make the city a more family-friendly place to live and raise children.

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Budget must increase cigarette tax

Price measures have been shown around the world to be the single, most effective measure in reducing tobacco use, especially among the young. The protection of young people from addiction to...

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SHORT SCIENCE

Short Science February 3, 2013

A smoker's craving to light up can be tamed by carefully targeted magnetic fields applied to the brain, a senior researcher from a Japanese-Canadian team says.

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HEALTH BITES

Health bites

Tall and thin may be desirable for a supermodel, but a new study shows that women with this type of physique are more likely to be infected by a type of bacteria that can cause fatal lung...

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