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Drop in e-cigarette use despite evidence it helps smokers quit
E-cigarettes are 70% more effective in helping smokers ditch their habit than nicotine replacement therapy. This is according to a…
Dentistry
COVID-19 and the ‘smoking’ pandemic
With COVID-19 shutting down many NHS services, Brasanyaa Raveendran explores how this will impact smoking habits amongst patients. Across the…
Young Dentist
Calls for government to increase public health spending
Leading bodies have joined forces to urge the government to ramp up spending on public health. The British Dental Association…
Dentistry
Flavoured cigarette ban significantly reduces smoking rates
A ban on the sale of flavoured cigarettes reduces underage smoking by 43% and smoking amongst young adults by 27%.…
Oral health
Drop in number of UK adults who smoke cigarettes, new figures show
Almost one fifth of 25 to 34 year olds smoke cigarettes in the UK – but the overall number of…
Oral health
Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Black Lives Matter…
Dentistry
Loneliness makes it harder to quit smoking, research reveals
Loneliness leads to an increased likelihood of smoking and makes it harder to quit the habit, new research has revealed.…
Oral health
Smoking and behaviour change
Anna Middleton gives her perspective as an ex-smoker what it’s like to give up smoking and how dental teams can…
Oral health
Teen smokers less likely to give up habit as adults
New research reveals that those who start smoking as children or adolescents are less likely to give up the habit…
Dentistry
Smokers more at risk from coronavirus
Smokers are at a greater risk from coronavirus, Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, says. Answering questions from…
Oral health
Oxfordshire plans to become first smoke-free county
Oxfordshire’s Health Improvement Partnership Board is discussing plans to become the first smoke-free county in the UK. Action on Smoking…
Oral health
Number of children smoking continues to decline
The percentage of eight- to 15-year-old children smoking in England has dropped to 4%. That’s according to the latest Health Survey for England, which…
Oral health
Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Time to end…
Dentistry
Mouth cancer diagnosis – be safe not sorry
In support of Mouth Cancer Action Month, Sue N’Jie highlights the dentolegal risks of missing a mouth cancer diagnosis. Mouth…
Dentistry
Lincolnshire hospitals going smoke free in 2020
A new ban for Lincolnshire hospitals will stop staff, patients and visitors from smoking on hospital grounds in 2020. From 6 January…
Dentistry
Smoking may increase risk of depression and schizophrenia
New research from the University of Bristol has revealed that tobacco smoking may increase the risk of developing depression and…
Dentistry
Vaping helps more than 70,000 quit smoking
The number of people vaping in Britain has jumped by 12.5% in the last year, reaching 3.6 million. Action on…
Oral health
Birmingham experiences large jump in the number of people smoking
Birmingham is seeing a large rise in the number of people who smoke, Public Health England (PHE) figures show. In…
Oral health
More than a billion fewer cigarettes smoked in England each year
Cigarette consumption drops by 1.4 billion in England each year, a study from Cancer Research UK shows. Average monthly cigarette…
Oral health