By Eva Schouten & Noémi van de Pol Jan 22, 2024 at 5:06 am For years, tobacco shops disappeared from the streets, but that trend has come to a standstill. Since last year, the number of cases has increased again for the first time in more than ten years. This has everything to do with … Read more
28 dec 2023 om 12:25 From January 1, you can no longer buy cigarettes and other tobacco products at Albert Heijn. Although tobacco sales at supermarkets will only be prohibited on July 1, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands will stop selling it six months earlier. From July next year you can only buy … Read more
Nov 28, 2023 at 11:02 PM Update: 4 hours ago France will ban smoking on beaches, parks and forests. That is the spearhead of the anti-tobacco plan that Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau presented on Tuesday. According to the French government, 75,000 deaths can be prevented annually if smoking and tobacco sales are tackled. “There have … Read more
One in five young people smokes an electronic cigarette. On our comment platform NUjij, not every reader seemed to find this a problem. Unjustified, says pulmonologist Wanda de Kanter. “Young people do not understand that health damage caused by vaping is irreversible.” Vapes contain so-called nicotine salt. This form has a less sharp taste and … Read more
03 Oct 2023 at 20:47 More than one in five young people smoke an electronic cigarette. This means that almost as many young people vape as smoke a regular cigarette. The number of twelve to seventeen year olds vaping is also remarkably large, according to the Trimbos addiction institute. The figures “are alarming”, says the … Read more
14 jun 2023 om 17:18Update: 34 minuten geleden Researchers at Erasmus MC have developed a DNA test that can show whether someone smokes, does not smoke, or is an ex-smoker. This knowledge may be useful in the future, for example, to help the police with investigations. It is not yet so far that the test … Read more