Quitting smoking is most difficult New Year’s resolution to keep

As 2016 draws to a close, many Brits will be making New Year’s resolutions for a healthier 2017 and figures released by RSPH reveal that quitting smoking is by some margin the most difficult resolution to keep

Growing consensus on the harm-reduction potential of e-cigarettes

RSPH welcomes a new report by the Royal College of Physicians which recognises that e-cigarettes offer a vastly safer alternative to tobacco and for some, may be a useful smoking cessation tool

E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus

We should not forget what is important here. We know that smoking is the number one killer in England and we have a public health responsibility to provide smokers with the information and the tools to help them quit smoking completely and forever.

RSPH welcomes findings of ACS report that show a decrease in tobacco sales

The ‘Local Shop Report 2015’ from The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has shown a decline in the of sale tobacco from convenience stores in the last year.

New report echoes RSPH call for greater utilisation of e-cigarettes to help smokers quit

We welcomes Public Health England’s new report ‘E-cigarettes: a new foundation for evidence based policy and practice’. The report, providing an up to date review of the evidence, follows our calls last week for greater use of e-cigarettes by smokers wishing to quit and in smoking cessation services.

Nicotine “no more harmful to health than caffeine”

RSPH calls for public confusion over nicotine to be addressed as a way of encouraging smokers to use safer forms of the substance

E-cigarette marketing

New rules for the marketing of e-cigarettes have come into practice and RSPH fully welcomes their implementation

RSPH response to Better Health for London

Of all the measures contained in Lord Darzi’s report, RSPH particularly welcomes the proposal to make many of London’s picture postcard landmarks, including parks, smoke-free

E-cigarettes must not be marketed as a fashion accessory

Coinciding with No Smoking Day, RSPH is issuing a caution that e-cigarettes are being marketed as a sought after accessory and risk glamourising smoking

Ban on smoking in cars is a huge victory for public health

The news that a ban on smoking in cars with children will be implemented is a big step in reducing the harmful effects of tobacco