• Health & Medicine

A small cardboard box - what's all the fuss about?

As MPs are sent our message that tobacco packaging attracts customers, we look at just how important standardised packaging could be for public health. As MPs are sent our message that tobacco packaging attracts customers, we look at just how important standardised packaging could be for public health.

13 February 2013

• Health & Medicine

MPs sent cigarette packs to highlight their deadly design

Westminster MPs are being sent examples of widely available cigarette packets to show how the tobacco industry markets its products to children today (Tuesday). Westminster MPs are being sent examples of widely available cigarette packets to show how the tobacco industry markets its products to children today (Tuesday).

12 February 2013

• Health & Medicine

Lifestyle-linked diseases continue to increase globally

Diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes are becoming the dominant cause of death and disability globally, a landmark international study has revealed. Diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes are becoming the dominant cause of death and disability globally, a landmark international study has revealed.

13 December 2012

• Health & Medicine

Guest post - "Plain packs won’t encourage smuggling"

An expert in the dodgy dealings of counterfeit goods shares his view that standardised tobacco packaging won't encourage the black market for illegal tobacco. An expert in the dodgy dealings of counterfeit goods shares his view that standardised tobacco packaging won't encourage the black market for illegal tobacco.

7 December 2012

• Health & Medicine

Government urged to pack it in to protect children from tobacco marketing

Nearly two thirds (63%) of people in the UK back a move to get rid of colourful and slickly designed cigarette packets according to a survey of more than 2000 adults commissioned by Cancer Research UK. Nearly two thirds (63%) of people in the UK back a move to get rid of colourful and slickly designed cigarette packets according to a survey of more than 2000 adults commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

30 November 2012

• Health & Medicine

Plain packs – exploding the smuggling myth

23 November 2012

• Health & Medicine

Tobacco industry claims on cigarette packaging are nonsense

Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert. Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert.

23 November 2012

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

NCRI conference session: global inequalities in cancer

12 November 2012

• Health & Medicine

Smokers leave a history of their addiction in DNA

Smokers are leaving a history of addiction in their DNA that may help to measure their risk of cancer, according to research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference today. Smokers are leaving a history of addiction in their DNA that may help to measure their risk of cancer, according to research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference today.

6 November 2012

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

The party conference - our Ambassador's view

16 October 2012

• Health & Medicine

Stoptober – a great way to quit smoking

A personal take on Stoptober - the new Government 'stop smoking' A personal take on Stoptober - the new Government 'stop smoking'

26 September 2012

• Health & Medicine

One in 20 hospital beds used to treat smoking-related illnesses

One in every 20 hospital beds are occupied by someone with a smoking-related illness, according to new figures. One in every 20 hospital beds are occupied by someone with a smoking-related illness, according to new figures.

17 August 2012