• Health & Medicine

I give up! A year since the smoking ban

30 June 2008

• Health & Medicine

Smoking ban triggered the biggest fall in smoking ever seen in England

Smokefree law in England has helped more smokers to quit than ever before and will help prevent an estimated 40,000 deaths over the next 10 years - according to new research being presented in Birmingham tomorrow (Tuesday). Smokefree law in England has helped more smokers to quit than ever before and will help prevent an estimated 40,000 deaths over the next 10 years - according to new research being presented in Birmingham tomorrow (Tuesday).

30 June 2008

• Health & Medicine

Government launches consultation on tobacco product laws

The government has launched a consultation with a view to tightening the laws governing tobacco control. The government has launched a consultation with a view to tightening the laws governing tobacco control.

3 June 2008

• Health & Medicine

A valuable ASSIST - getting teenagers to put each other off smoking

16 May 2008

• Health & Medicine

Scientists unravel how smoking causes cancer

Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a protein that explains how smoking can directly lead to genetic changes that cause cancer - research published today (Tuesday) in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals. Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a protein that explains how smoking can directly lead to genetic changes that cause cancer - research published today (Tuesday) in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals.

14 May 2008

• Health & Medicine

Researchers launch lung cancer screening trial

Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease. Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease.

8 May 2008

• Health & Medicine

More than 40 per cent of smokers tried to quit in 2007

More than 40 per cent of smokers tried to quit in 2007, motivated by New Years' resolutions and the Snokefree England Campaign. More than 40 per cent of smokers tried to quit in 2007, motivated by New Years' resolutions and the Snokefree England Campaign.

28 April 2008

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

Scientists 'home in' on lung cancer genes that increase smokers' risk

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*. Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*.

2 April 2008

• Health & Medicine

Step-parents influence teenage smoking behaviour

Smoking by a non-biological parent is as influential as smoking by biological parents in determining whether their teenager smokes, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK study published in the journal Addiction*. Smoking by a non-biological parent is as influential as smoking by biological parents in determining whether their teenager smokes, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK study published in the journal Addiction*.

25 February 2008

• Health & Medicine

How many people really smoke?

25 January 2008

• Health & Medicine

Four lifestyle changes for fourteen years of life

10 January 2008

• Health & Medicine

Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK launch online film competition for young people

Channel 4's 4Talent and Cancer Research UK launch BREATHE on Monday 1 October 2007 - a joint initiative to produce a series of short online films to encourage young smokers to quit and deter others from starting. Channel 4's 4Talent and Cancer Research UK launch BREATHE on Monday 1 October 2007 - a joint initiative to produce a series of short online films to encourage young smokers to quit and deter others from starting.

1 October 2007