The British government’s Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced government plans that would ban the displaying of tobacco products in large shops and later, all shops starting in the month of April in the years 2012 and 2015 respectively for the good of public health. Also, plans may include laws that require tobacco products to be plainly packaged with health warnings on them in order to significantly reduce the promotion of smoking for adolescents. Great Britain also noted that there will be a ban on vending machines selling tobacco products later this year.....
“Second-hand tobacco smoke as a child or adult appears to increase the risk of breast cancer,” reports the BBC News.
The news is based on a large, well-conducted study among almost 80,000 women. It assessed their lifetime smoking habits and exposure to passive smoking, following them to see who developed breast cancer in the years that followed....
