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Feb 16

Cup Summary Report

The WCRF has produced a summary document on the global evidence for what increases and what decreases the risk of cancer. This is great publication with information displayed graphically for easy consumption by lay people and health professionals alike. Factors which increase and decrease cancer risk are taken in turn with a ...

Jan 16

Media reporting on illicit tobacco not the real deal

by Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive ASH Scotland Illicit tobacco is one of those subjects (like e-cigarettes) where the quantity of the media coverage is not always matched by the quality. To be fair to hard-pressed journalists, it is hard to resist a succession of helpful PR companies providing them with ready-made news ...

Nov 15

Tobacco-Free Campuses

by Emma Papakyriakou, ASH Scotland Tobacco use remains the main modifiable risk factor for cancer. Avoiding tobacco smoke throughout the lifespan is a major goal for cancer risk reduction and this includes smoking in late childhood/early adulthood. In Scotland, smoking amongst 16 – 24 year olds is a cause for concern. Smoking ...

Jul 15

Plain truths and tarry lies

Sheila Duffy Chief Executive, ASH Scotland ASH Scotland’s recent international conference was inspiring in many ways, not least through having the chance to compare experiences with and learn from world leaders in the thinking about tobacco control. On this occasion I learned a great deal from Professor Melanie ...

Nov 13

E-cigarettes

E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular in the UK as an alternative to tobacco smoking. Also known as ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems), they provide a means of inhaling nicotine vapour, potentially eliminating the need to use smoked tobacco. First developed in China in 2004, e-cigarettes typically ...

Aug 13

Towards a Generation Free from Tobacco

Scotland’s new five year tobacco strategy, ‘Creating a Tobacco-free Generation’, was launched on March 27th this year. It sets out a plan for action across the key themes of health inequalities, prevention, protection and cessation. Headlining the strategy was a commitment to setting 2034 as a target date for reducing smoking ...

Jan 13

Smoking Cessation in Cancer Patients and Those Around Them: Cancer as a Teachable Moment?

In Scotland, 24% of adults smoke and half of current smokers are likely to die from cancer1, making smoking cessation services a Scottish Government priority. Smoking cessation is equally important in cancer patients: continued smoking reduces treatment effectiveness, has negative effects on treatment-related side effects, ...

Jan 13

New Year, New Ambitions

The recent decisive ruling in the Supreme Court in favour of the Scottish Government and against Imperial Tobacco and the failure of its vending machine subsidiary Sinclair Collis to pursue its legal case further after two defeats in the Scottish courts bodes well. This ruling clears the way for the implementation of delayed tobacco ...

Oct 12

Smoke-free Ahead?

As we await sight of a draft of Scotland’s new national tobacco control strategy, an important document that will set the direction for much of our work in the coming years, I wanted to reflect on some of the bolder suggestions that have been made for reducing tobacco use and tobacco related harm internationally. […]

Aug 12

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 deprived areas of Dundee and has subsequently been implemented in disadvantaged areas of Angus and Perth & Kinross. The intervention, ...

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