European Tobacco Products Directive – a Consultation The Department of Health, Friday, 16th October 2015, commenced a public consultation on transposition of the revised European Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU). This aims to harmonise laws on tobacco products and electronic cigarettes, facilitating the smooth functioning of the internal market while assuring a high level of public…
Smokers do you know about TAR
Smokers did you know about tar: Tar is the oily material which remains after tobacco passes through the filter. When a smoker inhales, a lot of the tar sticks to and blackens the lungs… .more
New ‘No Smoking’ website launched
Eurohealth is concerned about the now continuously growing use of e-cigarettes as not only a future and increasing health hazard, but also as a vehicle that will introduce yet another generation to using tobacco based products. The tobacco industry have been very vocal in suggesting that e-cigarettes are a way to help people reduce and…
20 smoking guns!
Smokers risk all Smoking kills more than 5 million people per year worldwide. So, every 6 seconds a person dies from tobacco products, mainly cigarettes. This product, used in all countries, is the only product that prematurely kills one in two of its consumers. [1] Still it remains the leading cause of preventable death. Most…