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Cancer Research UK publishes detailed statistics of the incidence of and mortality from cancer in the UK. [7] Cancer Research UK estimates that 15% of UK cancers are caused by smoking, [8] and 3-4% of UK cancers are related to alcohol consumption. [9] Treatment of cancer has been a recurring issue in the National Health Service. Official ...
According to the NHS smoking is the single largest driver of health inequalities in England. Paolo Custodio, 52, from Red Lodge near Newmarket, Suffolk, enrolled with the service after being ...
Smoking is prevalent among a sizeable, but continuously reducing minority of the population. It has been argued that smoking puts considerable strain upon the National Health Service (NHS) due to the health problems which can be directly linked with smoking, though early deaths from smoking relieve the NHS from caring for long-term debilities ...
High rates of alcohol related illnesses pose a major public health challenge for Scotland. NHS Scotland estimate that there were 3,705 deaths attributable to alcohol consumption in 2015, this equates to 6.5% or around 1 in 15 of the deaths for the whole of Scotland for that year.
The NHS will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as ...
The obesity epidemic in the UK has been descried as “the new smoking” by NHS bosses who say it will case an extra 36,000 cancer cases in ten years. Obesity is new smoking say NHS bosses Skip ...
The plan says "“Action by the NHS is a complement to, but cannot be a substitute for, the important role for local government… in recent years it has also become responsible for funding and commissioning preventive health services, including smoking cessation, drug and alcohol services, sexual health, and early years support for children ...
A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be rolled out on the NHS as experts hope it could prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths a year.. Called varenicline, the pill ...