The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 3

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Occupational cancers from dusts, chemicals and other workplace hazards are still an important public health concern. Each year in Britain there are around 13,500 additional diagnosed cases of ...

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An Evaluation of the Smoking Cessation Quit4u Pilot

What is Quit4u? Quit4u is an innovative smoking cessation service which was commissioned by the Scottish Government and developed by NHS Tayside. The intervention was targeted at smokers in ...

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Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrence

What to advise cancer patients At a workshop in November 2011 held by the US Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) National Cancer Policy Forum, experts met to discuss the role of obesity in ...

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To Sell or Not To Sell: The Latest Soft Drink Controversy

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large soft drinks1. Under the proposals, drinks larger than 16 ounces would be made unavailable across various public ...

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Salt Intake Drops in England

The Department of Health (England) announced on the 21st June that the average intake of salt has decreased from 9.5 to 8.1g per day.1 This was stated as the lowest salt intake of any developed ...

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The Case for the HPV Vaccine

In September 2008 a national program was launched to vaccinate all girls between the ages of 12-13 against human papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine helps protect against certain strains of HPV ...

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Health Professionals Unite to Combat Obesity

A campaign to combat rising levels of childhood obesity was launched in April this year. From surgeons and psychiatrists to paediatricians and GPs, health professionals are coming together to ...

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Ask the Expert: Alcohol Free Mouthwash

Query: Should we all move to using alcohol free mouth wash to cut our risk of oral cancer or is this only relevant for people who smoke? The potential association between use of ...

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Plain Facts, Active Commitments

On this year’s World No Tobacco Day1 which took as a theme ending tobacco industry interference, Anne Jones, the Chief Executive of ASH Australia, came to Scotland at the invitation of the ...

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Young Women and Cervical Screening: Planning for the Future

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and kills around 20 women in UK each week. Although the incidence has been greatly reduced through organised screening over the past two ...

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The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 3

In this issue, we evaluate the Quit4U smoking cessation pilot, cover plain cigarette packaging in 'Plain facts, active commitments,' explore the links between alcohol intake & breast cancer, and more.

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