• Health & Medicine
• Policy & Insight

The beginning of the end for smoking? That Cancer Conversation Season 4: Ep.8

The Tobacco and Vapes Act sets out to create a smokefree generation. We ask Minister of Health Sharon Hodgson how it will work and why it's so important. The Tobacco and Vapes Act sets out to create a smokefree generation. We ask Minister of Health Sharon Hodgson how it will work and why it's so important.

7 May 2026

• For Researchers

Let there be light - a new route to precision diagnosis

Histopathology represents the current gold standard for cancer diagnostics – but is there a better way? For Mads Bergholt, biophotonics holds the answer… Histopathology represents the current gold standard for cancer diagnostics – but is there a better way? For Mads Bergholt, biophotonics holds the answer…

6 May 2026

• Personal Stories

The stories behind the smokefree generation

Now the Tobacco and Vapes Act has passed, we’re bringing together some of the stories behind our Smokefree UK campaign. Now the Tobacco and Vapes Act has passed, we’re bringing together some of the stories behind our Smokefree UK campaign.

1 May 2026

• Health & Medicine

The Tobacco and Vapes Act: starting a smokefree generation

The Tobacco and Vapes Act is now law. It means around 13 million children alive today will grow up as part of the UK’s first smokefree generation. The Tobacco and Vapes Act is now law. It means around 13 million children alive today will grow up as part of the UK’s first smokefree generation.

29 April 2026

• For Researchers

Philosophically speaking – finding a path to the big picture

How can we get from specialist knowledge to big picture thinking for cancer research? James DiFrisco takes us through the power of having a wide-angle lens…     How can we get from specialist knowledge to big picture thinking for cancer research? James DiFrisco takes us through the power of having a wide-angle lens…    

29 April 2026

• Policy & Insight

Tackling smoking isn’t an affront to personal freedom – it's a defence against a deadly addiction

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill isn't about removing liberties - it's a defence against tobacco, which strips people of real choice after the first cigarette is lit. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill isn't about removing liberties - it's a defence against tobacco, which strips people of real choice after the first cigarette is lit.

27 April 2026

• Policy & Insight
• Health & Medicine

Cancer in the UK: what's needed as cases exceed 400,000 a year

Every 80 seconds, someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Our Cancer in the UK report explains how to take on that challenge. Every 80 seconds, someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Our Cancer in the UK report explains how to take on that challenge.

23 April 2026

• Health & Medicine

Busting the myths around the Tobacco and Vapes Act

We’re answering the biggest questions around the Tobacco and Vapes Act, which is set to create the UK's first ever smokefree generation. We’re answering the biggest questions around the Tobacco and Vapes Act, which is set to create the UK's first ever smokefree generation.

22 April 2026

• Health & Medicine

Cancer waiting times: Latest updates and analysis

Get the latest updates and analysis on NHS cancer waiting times in England, and learn what it means for people affected by cancer Get the latest updates and analysis on NHS cancer waiting times in England, and learn what it means for people affected by cancer

22 April 2026