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Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping

WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The potent influence of social media may include tobacco use. By analyzing 29 previously published studies, researchers found that people who viewed social media that contained tobacco content were more than twice as likely to report using tobacco and were more likely to use it in the future, compared...

Vape industry wants government to differentiate vape and tobacco regulations

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — Ahead of the Ministry of Health's (MoH) plan to introduce a new policy which will affect the vape industry in Malaysia, four industry associations submitted a memorandum yesterday to urge the government to consider its future when developing regulations. The associations represent more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and businesses, as well...

New research: Mask wearing amplifies harms of cigarette smoking

The researchers investigated the levels of exhaled carbon monoxide in smokers while wearing a mask during working hours, and during days without a mask. Smoking while wearing a surgical mask results in a two-fold rise in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function compared to non-mask periods, according to a study published in the...

Govt to table Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill this month

The tabling of the Bill will be the best move to ban access to tobacco and nicotine by Malaysian youth and future generations, minister says. The Ministry of Health (MoH) is expecting to table the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill in the next session of the Dewan Rakyat starting 18 July. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu...

Mixed sentiments towards smoking ‘end game’

ACCORDING to Malaysia's 2020 report to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an estimated 4.8 million people in Malaysia currently smoke. To put things into perspective, 21.3 per cent of those aged 15 and above are smokers. That makes up one in five Malaysians. The 2019 National Health and Morbidity survey also showed that more...

How smoking cigarettes affect men’s penis, sex

Smoking damages blood circulation in many ways, leading to a host of related health problems including heart disease, heart attack and stroke. It may also affect the penis. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the persistent inability to attain and maintain an erection sufficient enough to permit satisfactory sexual performance. For some men, erectile dysfunction can...

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