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
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
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.
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.
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.
RSPH calls for public confusion over nicotine to be addressed as a way of encouraging smokers to use safer forms of the substance
New rules for the marketing of e-cigarettes have come into practice and RSPH fully welcomes their implementation
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
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
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