SERBIA:  Health Goes Up in Smoke
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BELGRADE, Sep 11 (IPS) - Serbian health authorities have finally confirmed  what was long suspected -- the nation tops the list in Europe for  lung cancers.
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BERLIN, Feb 8 (IPS) - It is not a very good time to be a smoker in  Europe. Governments have raised prices and banned cigarettes in  public places, including restaurants and bars, and social  pressure is mounting due to the individual and collective health  risks.
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India is in the grips of a smoking epidemic that is likely to cause nearly a million deaths a year by 2010, more than half of them among poor and illiterate people, according to a study released Thursday.
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One  night in 2003, on the wintry streets of Kosovo, a group of thugs stalked and beat Gramoz Prestreshi almost to death. Police in the war-scarred Balkan province laughed and called him names. The emergency room workers made him mop up his own blood. It was a sordid but hardly unusual episode in...
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Is European Union membership bad for your health? For prime ministers of the three leading new members of the EU - Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary - it has been nothing less than fatal.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Cigarette packs in Thailand may soon carry more than the usual health warnings, with an edict admonishing the public not to give Buddhist monks a smoke.
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A public smoking ban shows a significant impact on hospital admissions for heart attacks, research suggests.
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England slammed the door on smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings on Sunday in what campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
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A ban on grumpiness, gossiping, mini-skirts and rudeness is what the doctor orders to improve patient care in Serbia's hospitals, according to new rules issued by the country's Health Ministry.
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A study concludes the region's largest health insurer is shirking its legal obligation to support public health needs.
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Health officials are considering new moves to crack down on smoking now that lighting up has been banned in bars. Increasing tobacco taxes tops the list as usual, but one new idea is to
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Serbian government claim comes amid fears that the move will trigger renewed instability in region
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War in Iraq has caused a public health disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Tobacco could kill up to a billion people during the 21st century, the World Health Organization said.
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There has been a 20% rise in people using stop smoking services and a top medic urges others to follow suit.
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Smoking is killing nearly a million people a year in India, exacting a higher toll than previously thought, but allied problems are often different to those seen in the West, according to research published on Thursday.
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PEOPLE under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, according to a study published today. The reportâs authors said the findings, based on figures compiled on behalf of the World