Those aged 18 to 24 years have had the largest reduction in smoking prevalence (15.9 percentage points) between 2011 (25.7%) and 2023 (9.8%). Around 5.1 million adults aged 16 years and over (9.8%) ...

Pastor Abel Damina, the renowned preacher and founder of Power City International has explained why drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes are not sins. During the 2025 New Year’s Eve service ...

Objective The aim of this review was to investigate whether e-cigarette use compared with non-use in young non-smokers is associated with subsequent cigarette smoking. Data sources PubMed, Embase, Web ...

20 cigarettes at 20 minutes per cigarette works out to be almost seven hours of life lost per pack.’ Quitting smoking can help reverse some of the damage over time, but how much life expectancy ...

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ Chief Executive Letitia Harding has expressed deep concerns about the move, which allows stop-smoking services to begin distributing vaping kits next week.

Smoking e-cigarettes—also referred to as vaping—remains less popular than traditional cigarette smoking, with 11.5% of adults still lighting up, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

A new study has revealed that smoking a single cigarette could shorten life expectancy by 20 minutes, an increase from the previously estimated 11 minutes. A new study has revealed that smoking a ...

They also found that data from both sources backed up previous findings that damage from smoking cigarettes is cumulative and that the benefits achieved by quitting smoking depend on several ...

Pastor Abel Damina, founder of Abel Damina Ministries and Power City International, has sparked debate by declaring that smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol are not sins. Speaking during his ...

Here’s some extra motivation for anyone looking to quit smoking as part of their New Year’s resolutions. Research published this week finds that each cigarette you smoke will shorten your life ...

One pack year was defined as smoking 20 cigarettes per day for 1 year. Study subjects were followed over time until January 2012. Annual study visits were performed. The development of arthritis, ...