Australian authorities are planning to pass a law that would ban to indicate the name of the manufacturer on cigarette packs. The packages will no longer represent logos, and the packs themselves will be olive green. Also, they will display the photographs demonstrating the consequences of smoking. Full story

More than 7,000 smokers have taken part in the study conducted by the scientists from Penn State College of Medicine. As a result, the doctors have confirmed that if a person smoked a cigarette within 30 minutes after waking up, the risk of lung cancer would be twice bigger. Full story

Washington Physicians Committee has issued a statement about the danger of hot dogs. This kind of fast food contains much salt, threatening with hypertension and other problems with the cardiovascular system. But most importantly, American doctors believe that a total amount of 50 grams of processed meat per day (as a hot dog contains) increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 21%. Full story

Despite the fact that advertising of tobacco products, as well as smoking in public places, is banned in virtually all European countries and in the United States, the experts note that this bad habit has recently become fashionable as never before, especially among women. Full story

Electronic cigarettes are often referred to as a harmless alternative of smoking. However, this issue has been doubted by the scientists. Full story

The World No Tobacco Day, observed on May 31, revealed fresh information on the use of tobacco all over the world. UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon summed it up in his message: "Around the world, more than 1.5 million women die each year from tobacco use." This is the figure the UN Information Center in Tehran, Iran, came up with. Full story