22nd July 2020
News24 – 22 July 2020 The Hospital of Hope at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Murray Williams, News24 While some in the Western Cape are […]
27th November 2019
CAPE TALK 567AM – 29 November 2019 – Lunch with Pippa Hudson Guest: Richard van Zyl-Smit | Professor Pippa in conversation with Associate Professor Richard Van […]
22nd October 2019
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4th June 2019
Expresso Show Published on 4 Jun 2019 https://youtu.be/t_x7CW2IVFQ World No Tobacco Day was commemorated on the 31st of May and this year the focus is on […]
3rd June 2019
15th February 2019
13 February 2019 A surge in vaping among American teens could turn back five decades of public health gains in reducing tobacco use. Strong limits […]
8th November 2018
by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer October 29, 2018 Breathing ENDS aerosol linked to asthma attacks in study Secondhand exposure to aerosols from electronic cigarettes and other […]
1st November 2018
18th October 2018
Oct 12 2018 16:47 Anna Edney, Bloomberg U.S. health officials dialed up their efforts to halt an epidemic of underage electronic-cigarette use, warning tobacco companies including […]
1st June 2018
Health May 2018 Twelve years ago, Richard van Zyl-Smit was named one of the very first recipients of a Discovery Foundation Academic Fellowship Award. We caught […]
1st June 2018
Health May 2018 Government recently announced that it would be amending a number of South Africa’s smoking laws. But how far should they, regulatory bodies […]
10th January 2018
Woensdag 10 Januarie 2018 ‘n Mens sien al hoe meer mense wat e-sigarette rook, of vape. Is e-sigarette veiliger as gewone sigarette? Bevat dit enige […]
31st March 2017
You know you have a cough coming on – your chest starts to feel tight and there’s a constant tickle in your throat. So you head […]
28th March 2017
South Africa’s health department has issued statements indicating its intention to adopt a no-compromise position on vaping and related products, expressing it’s intention to regulate vaping […]
29th January 2017
Johannesburg – The electronic cigarette industry is cranking up its lobbying efforts to pre-empt a range of possible regulations expected this year. The newly established Vapour […]
1st May 2016
UCT’s Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit says more and more teenagers smoke e-cigarettes and hubbly-bubbly, a flavoured tobacco, adding that the volume of smoke one inhales from […]