Smokers
Up to 17.7 percent of Egypt’s total population are smokers: CAPMAS
Life & Style
May 31, 2021
Up to 17.7 percent of Egypt’s total population are smokers: CAPMAS
About 17.7 percent of the total population in Egypt 15 years old and above – 18 million people – are…
Roughly 34% of Egyptian men are smokers: CAPMAS
Health & Fitness
May 31, 2020
Roughly 34% of Egyptian men are smokers: CAPMAS
Roughly 34 percent of Egyptian men are smokers, according to a Sunday report from Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization…
8.7% of Egyptians smoke shisha: Health Ministry official
Egypt
November 28, 2018
8.7% of Egyptians smoke shisha: Health Ministry official
8.7 percent of Egyptians regularly smoke shisha, while 1.2 percent smoke electronic cigarettes, according to Maysa Hamza, Director General…
20.2% of Egyptians are smokers: CAPMAS
Egypt
May 30, 2017
20.2% of Egyptians are smokers: CAPMAS
According to population estimates for 2016, 20.2 percent of over 15s in Egypt are smokers, which is equal to 12.6 million, the…
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
Health & Fitness
May 30, 2017
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also…
Surprise: Cigarette filters may increase lung cancer risk
Health & Fitness
May 23, 2017
Surprise: Cigarette filters may increase lung cancer risk
Cigarette filters, introduced decades ago to reduce the amount of tar smokers inhale, also alter other properties of smoke and…
Smokers more likely to get antibiotics prescriptions than others
Health & Fitness
January 3, 2016
Smokers more likely to get antibiotics prescriptions than others
Doctors are more likely to give smokers antibiotics for an infection, a bad habit that may endanger public health by…
S.Korea donates cigarette smell neutralizer devices to Cairo airport
Egypt
December 16, 2015
S.Korea donates cigarette smell neutralizer devices to Cairo airport
A South Korean company has provided Cairo International Airport with two devices that eliminate smells resulting from smoking, South Korea's…
Millions of smokers may have undiagnosed lung disease
Health & Fitness
June 23, 2015
Millions of smokers may have undiagnosed lung disease
More than half of current and former smokers who can pass basic lung function tests may suffer from lung diseases…
Fifteen years after smokers quit, heart failure risk may fall to normal
Health & Fitness
June 17, 2015
Fifteen years after smokers quit, heart failure risk may fall to normal
For most former smokers who quit at least 15 years ago, the risks of heart failure and death are the…