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As the world begins to break loose from the totalitarian grip of public health, the enormity of the disaster (created by the hysterical response to the Coronavirus) is becoming tragically clear: Over...
Even before the Coronavirus pandemic hit, forcing over 50 million schoolchildren in Canada and the U.S. out of class and into lockdown, the strain on North America’s education system was already showing.
Suffering from the pernicious...
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Is there a winning argument in the War on Vaping? Why is “liberty” a failed argument? How does a fundamental contradiction between “Vaping Saves Lives” and “Lockdowns Save Lives” lead to “the...
The Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) is concerned by statements made by Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Strang, while referencing a release from the World Health Organization (WHO).
"Quite simply, smoking and vaping may...
If nicotine turns out to be useful in treating or preventing COVID-19, we already have access to smoking-cessation products that offer controlled doses of it
In the wake of my Monday column on the paradoxical effects of smoking...
A new study investigating correlations between smoking, COVID-19, and a type of lung disease called COPD has found that current smokers are at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than non-smokers.
The study, published Monday in...
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and around 1.2 million are due to non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
Tobacco...
Researchers are investigating the effects of nicotine on COVID-19, the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for a surprising hypothesis: Cigarette smokers are less likely than non-smokers to contract the virus.
Cardiologist Konstantinos...
Tobacco and marijuana products damage lungs, where the virus does its harm. Health officials are urging people to quit, and temporary sales bans are even being discussed.
Anxious times — like a pandemic — can lead...
"We have to seize this moment,” said Laurie Rubiner, executive vice president of the Bloomberg-funded Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
She was speaking earlier this month, when the National Medical Association (NMA) held a webinar titled, ”COVID-19: Accelerating the...