Quit all tobacco: People using other tobacco products besides vapes should consider quitting those, too
as has occurred in many places
12A.5.2.1 Impact on quitting-related cognitions and behaviours A study examining the impact of the policy compared the responses of people who smoke and those who recently quit at four time points: before plain packaging, over the period of transition (early and late) to plain packaging, and during the first year of plain packaging
In the first few weeks after giving up cigarettes, several former smokers report an increase in hunger
Effective TB control must therefore couple biomedical interventionssystematic Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) screening of recent migrants, integrated TBHIV services, smoke-free housing initiativeswith policies that tackle the underlying social determinants of health, such as overcrowding, insecure employment, and inadequate access to care (Zumla et al., 2025