2018-02-27 Smoking Rates Around the World
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. “Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many…
2017-01-06 Groups Seek to Ban Smoking at U.S. Colleges and Public Housing
New efforts are underway to make American college campuses and public housing off limits to cigarette smoking. Twenty colleges in…
2016-10-01 Report: Smoking May Permanently Damage Genetic Material
Here is another reason to not light up a cigarette. Smoking can permanently damage your genetic material, according to a…
2015-10-21 Report: Smoking Will Kill One in Three Young Men in China
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. If you are a man living in China and…
2015-07-29 Study: Smoking May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia
Studies have linked cigarette smoking to a number of health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease. Now, a new…
2015-06-01 WHO: Smoking Costs More Than You Think
A single cigarette sold on a street corner may not cost a lot; however, the overall costs of smoking are…
2014-03-19 WHO Anti-Smoking Measures Could Prevent 13 Million Deaths in China by 2050
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A new study finds that more than 13 million deaths could…
2011-11-23 Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization recently reported that the number of cases of…
2009-06-03 Smoking and the Risk to Women’s Lungs
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. C.O.P.D., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs. It makes…
2004-06-16 Surgeon General Links More Diseases to Smoking
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tobacco is even more dangerous than doctors have known. A new report…
2010-03-09 Smoking – The Leading Cause of Preventable Death
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob…
2008-12-02 New Warnings About Smoking and Tobacco Products
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve…
2004-12-07 Special Report on Tobacco / How to Stop Smoking
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And I’m…
2001-12-18 – Smoking
VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA…