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NEWS: Smoking in Pregnancy Hits Record Low
As reported by NHS England, NHS support has led to a significant drop in smoking rates among pregnant women, protecting thousands of babies from harm This year keep reading
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NEWS: Wealthier young women smoking more
As reported by BBC News. a University College London study shows an alarming rise in smoking rates among middle-class women under 45, prompting calls for targeted keep reading
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NEWS: Nicotine products safe for pregnant smokers
As reported by The Telegraph, research from Queen Mary University of London reveals that using e-cigarettes or nicotine patches during pregnancy poses no harm to mothers or keep reading
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NHS launches January campaign against smoking
As reported by NHE, with smoking costing the UK £17bn annually, the NHS initiates a campaign urging 5.3 million smokers to quit The government says smoking costs around £17bn keep reading
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Landmark plan to end smoking
As reported by The Department of Health and Social Care, as the UK moves closer to becoming the first country to create a smoke-free generation, the keep reading
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Government considering placing anti-smoking message inserts in cigarette packets
As reported by the BBC, messages encouraging UK smokers to quit could be placed inside packets of cigarettes under draft proposals being considered by the keep reading
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Study reveals NHS could save up to £500m if England’s smokers switched to vaping
As reported by The Times, a new study has revealed that persuading half of England’s smokers to switch to vaping could save the NHS £500m keep reading
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Free e-cigarettes to be handed out in pioneering ‘swap to stop’ scheme
As reported by the BBC, one million smokers will be given a free vaping starter kit to encourage them to give up tobacco products under keep reading
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Vaping: some key facts you need to know
Michael Blaha explores whether vaping is really better than cigarettes CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Hopkins Medicine Vaping keep reading
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E-cigarettes could be available on NHS to tackle smoking rates
As reported by BBC News, E-cigarettes could soon be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products The Medicines and keep reading