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Southern Region, Judge A Cresswell on 5 January 2022
This year’s Stoptober campaign is calling on smokers to put their lungs first and breathe easier ahead of flu season.
Smoking remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England.
Over half of smokers believe nicotine vaping products are equally or more harmful than smoking despite US vaping deaths being caused by substances banned in UK.
People using pubs, restaurants and cafes will soon have greater freedom to choose non-smoking outdoor areas.
Emerging evidence from China shows smokers with COVID-19 are 14 times more likely to develop severe respiratory disease.
On No Smoking Day, PHE advises going ‘cold turkey’ is least effective way to quit.
Stoptober is back for a fifth year to encourage the nation’s remaining 7 million smokers to quit together this October.
The Health Harms campaign encourages smokers to quit, by demonstrating the harms to health that come from every cigarette.
The latest data from a national smoking study indicates adult smoking rates fell 2.2% from January to July 2019 - equivalent to 200 fewer smokers every hour.
Patients can be prescribed medicinal cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018.
Sobriety tags and drinking bans aimed at reducing alcohol-fuelled crimes launch in England today (Wednesday 31 March), following a successful rollout in Wales.
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