5th Dec 2017
On the 1st July 2007 Public Health England implemented the so-called Go Smoke Free legislation. This new law signalled significant changes to existing laws around smoking and introduced a wide-scale public ban on smoking in public places including inside pubs, cafes, on public transport and more. We look at who has benefited from the UK smoking ban.With the introduction of the UK smoking ban two main things occurred. Smoking levels in adults drop… Read more
As from the first of January 2018, you will need to be twenty-one years of age in order to make smoking-related purchases or buy vaping devices in Oregon.Oregon are the fifth US state so far to raise the minimum legal age for these types of purchases from 18 to 21yrs old. Not only will that new law concern all forms of smoking products, including chewing tobacco, it will also make it necessary for vapers to be twenty-one or over in order to buy v… Read more
20th Nov 2017
An issue regarding lack of support for people with mental
health conditions has been identified and needs to be rectified. A number of
charities and health organisations are insisting that more be actioned to help
smokers who have a mental health condition give up the harmful habit. This
extra support should, many say, include easier access and support with using e
cigarettes and other cessation options.The Mental Health and Smoking Partners… Read more
If you’re looking for a good reason to give up smoking, premature ageing is a most valid one. Between heavy alcohol consumption and smoking you run the very real risk of looking old before your time on the outside, as well as doing damage inside. Vaping on the hand won’t give you wrinkles, far from it.We’re not the fun police, truly. When it comes to drinking, studies actually show that if you stick with the recommended healthy alcohol… Read more
