smoking Archives • Skeptical Science

Petition for you to Sign: Tobacco giant is attempting to dictate health policies in Uruguay

March 31, 2024April 18, 2015 by Dave

So here is the story (I’ve stolen the following text from the Wikipedia page all about this) … on 19 February 2010, when the multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International filed a complaint against Uruguay.[1] The company complains that Uruguay’s anti-smoking legislation devalues its cigarette trademarks and investments in the country and is suing Uruguay for compensation under the bilateral … Read more

Yet another good reason that the UK public smoking ban was a really good move

August 13, 2024January 21, 2013 by Dave

The BBC reports today that there has been a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma since the introduction of smoke-free legislation in England. The actual study that reports this add to the rising evidence that the legislation was a really good health move. If I recall correctly, one of the … Read more

Smoking and Alzheimers, cause or cure? – debunking the myths

August 23, 2020July 24, 2010 by Dave

Does smoking cause or cure Alzheimer’s? There is a great deal of confusion in this area and a sufficient degree of fuzziness to allow those who do smoke to feel sure that they can cite this one benefit as a reason not to quit, but is it really true? Here is a link to a … Read more