Department of Health’s new Start4Life pack to help mums-to-be stop smoking
Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of serious health problems, including lower birth weight, pre-term birth, problems with the placenta and even death of the baby. It is also one of the few risk...
View ArticleMeasuring National Well-being: first annual report from the Office for...
So the Chief Medical Officer has given us the low-down on the nation’s health and some of it was frankly rather shocking, as you’ll have discovered if you read my blog on Monday. I thought I’d set this...
View Article“Only at parties” smokers: new survey of occasional smokers and a campaign to...
The flags are out in our bit of the woodland today after the announcement that the UK government is to follow Australia’s lead and introduce plain packaging for cigarettes this year and may also ban...
View ArticleIt’s No Smoking Day – will you join the ranks of those quitting smoking?
‘Swap Fags For Swag’ is the theme of this year’s No Smoking Day, which is today. This new campaign puts the emphasis on how smoking hits the pocket and visitors to the We Quit site, which is available...
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