Tobacco

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Vaping not a silver bullet, given huge gaps in science

The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed the aspirations set out in the Independent review into smokefree 2030 policies to reduce tobacco...

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Local council support for smokers better than pre-pandemic – but chronic funding pressures remain

Findings from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK’s annual national survey of local government stop smoking support [1] show...

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New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations

The new legislation means that anyone born after 2008 will never be able to buy tobacco products in their lifetime, as the legal smoking age will...

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ASH at 50: nearly eight million lives in the UK lost due to tobacco since 1971

The modelling was by Professor Sir Richard Peto, world renowned epidemiologist and statistician, who worked with Sir Richard Doll on the health risks...

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Secondhand smoke appears to heighten risk of oral cancer

​People who are exposed to secondhand smoke could have a 51% higher risk of developing oral cancer.