Smoking

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 of…

5 years ago

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 the United…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

2001-12-18 – Smoking

VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA…

5 years ago