By Damilola Babatunde and Marvelene Ekott According to The Encyclopedia Britannica, “Smoking is the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contains […]
Uche Olatunji March 30, 2020 To state the obvious, smoking kills. Tobacco smoking is the world’s leading preventable cause of premature death. Here in Nigeria, there are at least 11 million smokers, and despite declining prevalence, a fast-growing population means that the actual number of smokers is on the rise. This is especially […]
FDA strengthens warning to public to stop using THC-containing vaping products and any vaping products obtained off the street. Audience: Consumers and family members of consumers who use vaping products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC), a psychoactive component of the marijuana plant. Consumers who have used vaping products of any kind obtained off the street or […]
Not sure if this riff goes anywhere, but with the Amazon on fire, huge storms battering the Caribbean, a memorial service in Switzerland for melting glaciers, animal species lost forever as habitats vanish and thousands out on the streets protesting about climate destruction (forget ‘change’), there are some synergies around the refusal of world health […]
The following guidelines, as informed by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), are relevant for the importation of e-cigarettes into Nigeria. Importers of e-cigarettes into Nigeria should be aware of the following requirements, as defined by SON: E-cigarette importers shall register with SON and obtain a SON approval letter before proceeding with the SONCAP certification […]
As of Thursday, Sept. 19, the CDC has reported 530 confirmed and probable cases in 38 states of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome possibly associated with a recently inhaled drug aerosol (commonly known as vaping). As many as eight patients may have died from the condition. The deaths occurred in Illinois, Oregon, Indiana, California (2), Minnesota, […]