Smoking may reduce the likelihood of being hospitalised with coronavirus, claims a study. Here is the abstract of the study – Smoking, vaping and hospitalization for COVID-19 – by researchers at the University of West Attica in Greece and New York University. The study presents an analysis of the current smoking prevalence among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in China, compared to the population... 

Last year, Sweden was struck by the warmest summer in 200 years and forest fires broke out all over the country. Barbeques, smokers, lightning and sparks from trains and forest machines got most of the blame for the fire outbursts. Figures show that 14% of the Swedish wildfires were deliberately planted. In addition, another 39% of the fires started without any evident cause. The causes of the fires... 

Smokers, beware: tobacco penalties under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act could subject millions of smokers to fees costing thousands of dollars, making healthcare more expensive for them than Americans with other unhealthy habits. The Affordable Care Act, which critics have also called “Obamacare”, could subject smokers to premiums that are 50 percent higher than usual, starting next Jan...