While it was once hoped that cytisine would become the ‘aspirin of smoking cessation drugs’, it is shockingly underused ...

Health Smoking cessation drugs approved for provincial coverage Beginning Aug. 4, the Ontario government will fund the smoking cessation drugs Champix and Zyban, the Star has learned.

More than 1,600 people have died of drug poisonings so far this year, the coroner also reported last week, and nearly 13,000 have died since B.C. declared a public health emergency over the crisis ...

Overdoses from smoking toxic drugs outpace B.C. prevention sites Those who study the topic say a combination of stigma, bureaucracy and a lack of political will are all obstacles to setting up ...

The latest public report from the coroner says smoking has been the most common mode of consumption in B.C.'s toxic drug deaths since 2017, steadily rising to reach 56 per cent provincewide in 2020.

Children exposed to smoking at an early age develop asthma. Passive smoking is also responsible for tooth decay. Support therapy groups help overcome the smoking addiction.

An October 2022 report from the B.C. Coroners Service said that between 2016 and 2021, smoking opioids became the leading mode of consumption province-wide, increasing from 29% to 56%.

Nearly two-thirds of the overdose deaths in B.C. this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of the supervised consumption sites in the province offer a safe place to smoke ...

HT Lifestyle reached out to experts who unpacked how secondhand smoke harms health, discussing vulnerable groups like asthma patients, lesser-known effects, and finally, how to cut back on smoking ...

VANCOUVER - Nearly two-thirds of the overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of the supervised consumption sites in the ...