• Health & Medicine

Don’t give up on your New Year’s Resolution just yet!

Our top 10 inspirational and informative posts to help you stick to your no smoking resolution. Our top 10 inspirational and informative posts to help you stick to your no smoking resolution.

1 February 2016

• Health & Medicine

The Tobacco Industry should pay for damage it causes - and you can help make that happen

Our new campaign is asking the Government to make the tobacco industry pay for the damage it causes and help protect vital Stop Smoking Services. Our new campaign is asking the Government to make the tobacco industry pay for the damage it causes and help protect vital Stop Smoking Services.

26 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK urges government to make big tobacco cough up

Cancer Research UK is calling on the Government to make the tobacco industry pay for the damage it causes and help reduce the number of deaths linked to smoking Cancer Research UK is calling on the Government to make the tobacco industry pay for the damage it causes and help reduce the number of deaths linked to smoking

26 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Headlines about e-cigarettes don’t mean they’re ‘not safer than tobacco’

We look behind the headlines at some recent research on e-cigarettes, asking are they safe? Can they help you quit? And do they attract kids to smoking? We look behind the headlines at some recent research on e-cigarettes, asking are they safe? Can they help you quit? And do they attract kids to smoking?

20 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Researchers criticise study claiming e-cigarettes may lower chances of successfully quitting

A new US study claims that smokers who don’t use e-cigarettes are more likely to quit smoking than those who use them. A new US study claims that smokers who don’t use e-cigarettes are more likely to quit smoking than those who use them.

15 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

How public health cuts could leave Stop Smoking Services under threat

We look at how cuts to local public health budgets are leaving vital Stop Smoking Services under threat. We look at how cuts to local public health budgets are leaving vital Stop Smoking Services under threat.

14 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Stop Smoking Services at threat as funding comes under pressure

Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to Cancer Research UK. Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to Cancer Research UK.

13 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Electronic cigarette brand approved as a licensed medicine in UK

UK’s medicines licensing agency has cleared the way for a brand of e-cigarette to be marketed as a quit-smoking aid. UK’s medicines licensing agency has cleared the way for a brand of e-cigarette to be marketed as a quit-smoking aid.

6 January 2016

• Health & Medicine

Could making cigarettes less addictive help people stop smoking?

Can reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help people quit? Or is it a distraction from tried and trusted strategies? We asked an expert. Can reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help people quit? Or is it a distraction from tried and trusted strategies? We asked an expert.

30 September 2015

• Policy & Insight
• Health & Medicine

Expert opinion - Constant craving: how can science help smokers to quit?

UCL's Professor Robert West explains the science that can help smokers combat their cravings and quit the habit. UCL's Professor Robert West explains the science that can help smokers combat their cravings and quit the habit.

27 September 2015

• Health & Medicine

De-mystifying Stop Smoking Services

We find out what really happens at your local Stop Smoking Service. We find out what really happens at your local Stop Smoking Service.

15 September 2015

• Health & Medicine

Young people and e-cigarettes - what do the latest data tell us?

In an article co-commissioned with The Conversation, Professor Linda Bauld looks at the latest evidence on e-cigarette use in young people. In an article co-commissioned with The Conversation, Professor Linda Bauld looks at the latest evidence on e-cigarette use in young people.

18 August 2015