Smoking
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Children as young as 11 are being prescribed nicotine patches by the NHS
Every day 280 children start smoking in England.
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More than 300,000 UK smokers may have quit due to coronavirus, survey finds
Matt Hancock said it was “abundantly clear” that smoking makes the impact of the coronavirus worse.
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Men who regularly smoke cannabis have increased risk of developing testicular cancer, study claims
The potentially-fatal disease is diagnosed in 2,400 in the UK each year.
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Why your social smoking habit is more unhealthy than you think
It’s all too easy to assume, if you only smoke once in a blue moon, that you shouldn’t be too worried about it affecting your health.
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Obesity overtakes smoking as risk factor for four common cancers
In cases of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer, obesity is a bigger risk factor.
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Heart disease deaths have almost halved in last decade, study reveals
Anti-smoking campaigns and the use of statins have helped to reduce the mortality rate.
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Smoking near pregnant women increases unborn child's asthma risk
The new study links passive smoking – ie, involuntarily inhaling smoke from other people’s cigarettes – with future offsprings’ asthma risk.