Global Anti-Smoking Campaigns Continue Despite New Zealand Reversal
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Global Anti-Smoking Campaigns Continue Despite New Zealand Reversal
Global Anti-Smoking
Campaigns Continue , Despite New Zealand Reversal.
BBC reports that New Zealand's decision to scrap
its landmark smoking ban may represent
a setback for global anti-smoking campaigns.
In the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak is looking to create a
"smoke-free generation," where anyone under the age of 14
will never be able to legally buy any tobacco product.
According to data from Cancer Research,
nine in ten people claim they started
smoking before reaching the age of 21.
The strict policy is believed to have been inspired by a
similar crackdown in New Zealand preventing anyone
born after 2008 from purchasing tobacco products.
The sweeping legislation also limited
where tobacco could be sold and reduced the
amount of nicotine that products could contain.
However, New Zealand's new government,
which was voted into power in October
of 2023, are moving to repeal the law.
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BBC reports that countries around the world
still have plans for raising "smoke-free generations.".
Mexico currently has some of the world's
strictest anti-smoking laws, including bans at
beaches, parks and even some private homes.
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Canada has announced plans
to cut tobacco use nationwide
to under 5% by the year 2035.
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Earlier this year, Canada became the first country to
require health warnings printed on individual cigarettes.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that
smoking bans in public places, workplaces and public
transport are in place for over 25% of the world's population.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that
smoking bans in public places, workplaces and public
transport are in place for over 25% of the world's population
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Global Increase of , Neurological Disorders , 'Very Concerning,' Researchers Say.
'Newsweek' reports that a new study
warns that neurological disorders have
become more common worldwide.
According to a team of international researchers,
the number of people with such conditions has
risen "substantially" over the past thirty years.
These conditions include Alzheimer's disease,
as well as other forms of dementia,
meningitis and stroke. .
In 2021, the team found that 3.4 billion people had
one of these neurological conditions, accounting for
approximately 43% of the world's total population.
Researchers attribute the alarming
statistic to a rapidly aging population and
increases in lifestyle risk factors.
Researchers attribute the alarming
statistic to a rapidly aging population and
increases in lifestyle risk factors.
Over a 31-year period, researchers found
an 18% increase in disability, illness and
premature death related to these conditions.
'Newsweek' reports that the team's findings highlight the
need for more research into these neurological conditions,
which have proven to be extremely difficult to treat.
'Newsweek' reports that the team's findings highlight the
need for more research into these neurological conditions,
which have proven to be extremely difficult to treat.
Because many neurological conditions
lack cures, and access to medical care
is often limited, understanding
modifiable risk factors and the
potentially avoidable neurological
condition burden is essential to
help curb this global health crisis, Katrin Seeher, study co-lead author and mental health
specialist at WHO's Brain Health Unit, via 'Newsweek'.
Because many neurological conditions
lack cures, and access to medical care
is often limited, understanding
modifiable risk factors and the
potentially avoidable neurological
condition burden is essential to
help curb this global health crisis, Katrin Seeher, study co-lead author and mental health
specialist at WHO's Brain Health Unit, via 'Newsweek'.
The team's findings were detailed in a study
published in the journal 'The Lancet Neurology.'.
Neuroscience research is now
progressing rapidly offering
hope through new treatments
for diseases like dementias and
through better understanding
of lifestyle modifications
to best care for our brains, Tara Spires-Jones, president of the British Neuroscience
Association and group leader in the U.K. Dementia Research
Institute at the University of Edinburgh, via Newsweek
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Delhi Is the ‘Most Polluted’ , Capital City in the World.
The capital of India was found to be the
world's most polluted capital city in 2023,
according to air-quality monitoring group IQAir.
India was also ranked as the
third-most polluted country after
Bangladesh and Pakistan, BBC reports.
In 2022, India was the
eighth most polluted country. .
According to the report, the average level
of fine particulate matter PM2.5 in India's
air was 54.4 micrograms per cubic meter. .
Delhi's air quality had a PM2.5 reading
of 92.7 micrograms per cubic meter.
Air that is considered safe to breathe
typically has 12 to 15 micrograms per
cubic meter of PM2.5, BBC reports. .
Levels higher than 35 micrograms per
cubic meter are thought to be unhealthy. .
Only seven countries were within
the World Health Organization's yearly
PM2.5 guideline, an "average of 5 micrograms per cubic meter or less," BBC reports. .
Those countries are Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand.
Those countries are Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand.
In 2023 air pollution remained a global health
catastrophe, IQAir’s global data set provides
an important reminder of the resulting
injustices and the need to implement the
many solutions that exist to this problem. , Aidan Farrow, senior air quality scientist at
Greenpeace International, via 'The Guardian'
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