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Varenicline withdrawal ‘may cause thousands of avoidable deaths’

Ongoing disruption to the supply of prescription medicine Champix (varenicline) could cause avoidabl...

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Sunak announces plan to phase out smoking in England

The government has set out plans to phase out smoking in England by making it illegal to sell tobacc...

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People aged 55-74 with history of smoking to be offered lung cancer screening

People in England aged 55-74 who smoke, or who have previously smoked, and are identified as high ri...

Patients should be offered advice on vaping to help them quit smoking, says NICE

New NICE draft guidance has said that healthcare professionals can recommend e-cigarettes, or vaping...

Funding cuts leave GPs unable to prescribe stop smoking products

Cuts to public health funding have led to a dramatic fall in prescriptions for stop smoking products...

MPs to investigate safety of e-cigarettes

MPs are to examine the safety of e-cigarettes, including their effectiveness as a stop smoking tool....

Success rates for giving up smoking 'highest on record' in 2017

Smoking quit-rates have reached the level highest on record throughout the first six months of 2017,...

DH sets out plan to wipe out smoking and ease GP workload

Smokers made a third more GP appointments than non-smokers last year, the government said this week ...

More patients quitting smoking as prevalence falls to one in seven

Official data showing that smoking prevalence has fallen in recent years shows doctors' efforts to g...

GPs advised to 'promote e-cigarettes widely' as smoking substitute

GPs have been advised to promote e-cigarettes 'as widely as possible as a substitute for smoking' by...

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