A new brief, jointly developed by WHO, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the University of Newcastle Australia, unveils that quitting smoking can lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 3040%
As was the case with many substances in those days, it was marketed as a cure-all for everything from depression to sexual impotence
The research team, originally based in London and now located at Simon Fraser University, has documented cigarette smuggling, industry interference in health policy making, industry funding of research to distract attention from the harmful effects of smoking, and industry tactics and strategies to sell cigarettes all over the world To mark World No Tobacco Day 2015 on May 31, Kelley Lee, Professor in Global Health at SFU and leader of the Global Tobacco Control Project, and her team (Sheryl Thompson, Julia Smith and Jennifer Fang) have put together a display that focuses on the use of cigarette packaging to market tobacco products

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