smoking

Despite awareness campaigns against smoking launched in schools, there is a considerable increase in Greek students who smoke, as a survey revealed. The findings were presented Wednesday May 14 to the Greek Minister of Education, Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos and to...

A provision in the wide-ranging bill tabled by the Greek Ministry for Development will legalize smoking areas in casinos, night clubs and live music venues larger than 300m², as well as betting shops, including lottery outlets. The only restrictions imposed are that these smoking areas...

Since doctors revealed the damage smoking causes to health 50 years ago, the proportion of people who smoke decreased significantly. Currently in the U.S., about 19% of adults smoke, compared to about 42% in 1965. At the same time smoking has...

According to research carried out in 2012 by the Institute of Mental Health, one in five Greek students are smoking. A total of 683 schools took part in the study, with students aged between 13 and 19. The Deputy Minister...

Smoking continues to be one of the most common bad habits among Greek teenagers. According to researchers, headed by leading epidemiologist Jonathan Eberson of Oxford University, smoke addicts lose four years of their lives. Moreover, smoking increases the risk...

"Every cloud has a silver lining" - although this is not what the majority of the Greek people would like to hear right now - the saying is very true concerning the smoking habits of the Greeks. The debt...

In spite of stricter laws banning smoking in public places, including cafes, bars and nightclubs, that have been enforced since 2010, deaths due to lung cancer in Greece show no sign of abating, and actually rose in 2011, scientists...

The fear over their health and the financial crisis are two main parameters forcing Greeks to quit smoking. More and more smokers have been asking for professional help in order to give up this money-consuming and dangerous habit. The basic...

As it seems, the anti smoking measures are not applied in reality. The number of denunciations by people who call each day the telephone service 1142 are more than 60. In fact, many violations concern public sector for example...

According to the newspaper “Ethnos”, the Ministry of Interior, Health and Culture decided to impose tax to the night clubs of more than 300 square metres with live music as well as to casinos where smoking is permitted. The spaces...