Singapore's smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in people over 65
Singapore's smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in people over 65
An extension of the smoking ban to communal areas of residential blocks and other outdoor spaces in Singapore in 2013 may have prevented up to 20,000 heart attacks among those aged 65+, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
I'd like to see this in more places.
UK is talking about raising the smoke age each year. I think that’s pretty cool.
Absolutely! I see every day the awfully sick people in our hospital, one side lung left but still smoking 2 packs a day, practically living outside. In certain circumstances it should considered as involuntarily suicide. Plus: they annoy other people as fuck. Disgusting habit.
Do you see the same thing with morbidly obese people as well? Considering smokers are no longer in the top deaths now?
Fucking rude honestly. I've smoked on and off for a lot of my life, having quit again now for 4 years. I've seen both sides but I really abhor the old 'it's a disgusting habit'. I can understand how it is, the smell, the yellowing of your teeth and fingers etc but just what's the point? Putting addicts down on your high horse?
You should just be pleased you didn't make a poor choice growing up and live your life. Let them kill themselves if they choose to never kick the habit. I firmly believe it's a human right, you can't force people into a style of accepted living. People really just want the world to be exactly how they perceive it should be and have zero tolerance for anything they don't like.
It's just more people discriminating against others for bullshit reasons.
You know they also banned gum right?
This is the way.
Yes because prohibition works...
They have to keep alternatives reasonable available, like vaping. But no, they make it so expensive that many people went back to smoking tobacco instead of going the other way and downdose on nicotine & understand that they simply don't need either.
Vaping is banned in Singapore. You still see some people illegally possessing and vaping though.
recall drama when they banned smoking in elevators. should be banned in public spaces. smoked when younger. now it just stinks. even outdoors. read big tobacco is diversifying into foods that are addictive.
What in cigarettes was causing heart attacks? Nicotine?
Yeah, nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. Smaller blood vessels = higher blood pressure and higher risk of heart attacks and stroke.
I've been using the nicotine pouches and there's only addiction warning labels on them. But the whole time I'm thinking, I'm pretty certain nicotine isn't good for the heart..