NAIROBI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has announced plans to integrate tobacco control into the training institutions curriculum, an official said on Friday. Dorcas Kiptui, the Head of Tobacco Control Unit in the Ministry of Health, said the government intends to introduce the subject into all te...
Since 1991, however, the reduction has slowed down, and consumption may even have increased slightly in 1996 (OTR Spectrum Research surveys, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, New Zealand). Between 1976 and 1996, the prevalence of smoking among New Zealand men fell from 40 to 25% and ...
New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Vaccinesand other prestigious academic journals at home and abroad. He was awarded the special government allowances of the State Council and the title of "Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions of the Ministry of Health". He got the...
Tobacco with its negative effects is something which concerns all of us - tobacco is perhaps the biggest health problem today and the severest risk factor for cardiovascular and other diseases. I am glad to see so many of us gathered here today who will be working together to prevent the sp...
The Chemistry/Food and Drugs Division, Ministry of Health is the government's monitoring and regulatory authority for the control, manufacture, importation, storage and disposal of food, drugs (pharmaceuticals), cosmetics, medical devices, pesticides and toxic chemicals. The Division is mandated to en...
LUSAKA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government said on Monday that tobacco has remained one of the greatest public health threats the world is currently facing and that countries must find lasting solutions to the problem. Kennedy Malama, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, said...
Define Tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoking synonyms, Tobacco smoking pronunciation, Tobacco smoking translation, English dictionary definition of Tobacco smoking. Noun 1. cigarette smoker - a smoker of cigarettes smoker, tobacco user - a person who smokes t
Figures from the Ministry of Health show that China has an estimated 350 million smokers, almost a third of the world. Cigarette makers spent more than 1.6 billion yuan to promote their brands last year, according to China Youth Daily. In 2005 the government collected 240 billion yuan in ...
In the mid-1990s, several initiatives failed to develop tobacco prevention and control programs. At the time, the Federal Ministry of Health presented these program ideas as recommendations to the regional government, but did not allocate federal funding toward their implementation [32]. Starting in...
In 2012, a situational report published by the Gambian Ministry of Health and the African Network for Information and Action Against Drugs (RAID - The Gambia) indicated that despite the existence of tobacco use regulations in the country, tobacco companies continue to employ subtle advertising ...