15th Feb 2018
Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has recognised that his constituency has a higher number of adult smokers than the England average and is making plans to cut smoking rates once and for all.Mayor Burnham’s plans are to cut smoking rates by a least a third over the next three years. This is an ambitious plan however the downward trend of smoking and the positive effect of a series of public health campaigns, not least the Go Smoke Free legi… Read more
9th Feb 2018
The Jurby Prison on the Isle of Man have spearheaded a vaping-related pilot scheme which has seen inmates switch tobacco cigarettes for e cigarettes. The scheme has been hailed an unprecedented success.The Jurby Prison governor, Bob McColm has announced that the e cig pilot scheme has indeed been a major success. The smoking problem within the prison has been solved and McColm believes that as a result of the trial “We have better behaviour… Read more
18th Jan 2018
The dangers
associated with smoking are well established as fact, thanks to a great amount
of data from numerous research studies. Many smokers are moving over to e
cigarettes and vaping to help them quit the harmful effects of tobacco smoking
altogether which has raised a question. People want to know if e cigarettes are
safe when you are diabetic.Smoking and
DiabetesAccording to the
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those… Read more
10th Jan 2018
New findings show that children can become addicted to cigarette smoking after trying just one cigarette. Not only is this a somewhat eye-opening fact, it also casts a new light on nicotine addiction, which is blamed entirely for the addictive properties of smoking in a lot of cases.Research undertaken by a group of scientists from the London’s Queen Mary University has shown that as many as sixty nine percent of people who decided to try a cigar… Read more
