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Tips to stop smoking
Research on the effects of smoking is ongoing and every now and then the results are published. This helps people to understand what happens to their bodies when they smoke. It also helps people realise that they can improve their quality of living by quitting this bad habit.
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If you're in the process to stop smoking, get your e-cigarettes from a pharmacy. The Medicines Control Council says that the product is subject to medical scheduling and can only be sold at pharmacies.
The Medicines and Related Substances Act was amended last year, whereby nicotine is classified as a schedule 2 and 3 substance that has to be registered by the MCC when "intended for human medicinal use as an aid to smoking cessation or as a substitute for a tobacco product".
Your calendar
May
- 1 – 31 Anti-Tobacco Campaign Month
- 1 – 31 Burns Month
- 1 – 31 International Multiple Sclerosis Month
- 5 – 11 Hospice Week
- 6 – 12 Burns Awareness Week
- 8 World Red Cross Day
- 10 World Move for Health Day
- 12 International Migratory Bird Day
- 12 World Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
- 12 International Nurses Day
- 17 World Hypertension Day
- 19 International Candlelight Memorial Day
- 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
- 27 May – 2 June Child Protection Week
- 28 International Day of Action for Women's Health
- 31 World No Tobacco Day
June
- 1 – 30 Men's Health Month
- 1 – 30 National Blood Donor Month
- 1 – 30 National Youth Month
- 1 International Children's Day
- 2 International Cancer Survivors' Day
- 4 International Day of Innocent Children – Victims of Aggression
- 5 World Environment Day
- 8 World Ocean Day
- 14 World Blood Donor Day
- 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 16 Youth Day
- 17 International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- 17 – 23 National Epilepsy Week
- 17 – 28 National Polio (2nd Round) Immunisation Campaign
- 21 National Epilepsy Day
- 24 – 28 National Youth Health Indaba
- 24 – 28 SANCA Drug Awareness Week
- 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking
Click here for a list of the 2013 Health and Environment Awareness Days.
Diagnosing the four courses of MS
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. People with multiple sclerosis (MS) can typically experience one of four disease courses, each of which might be mild, moderate, or severe.