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Archive for category: Prevention
11
March
2015

Teen ‘proud to be a quitter’

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Teenager Rachel Armstrong joined forces with Cancer Focus NI on No Smoking Day, March 11, to urge smokers to kick the habit. The 15-year-old, who started smoking when she was just 10, says she is proud to be a quitter. “I had a few older friends who smoked and that where I got my first cigarette. So...

02
February
2015

Minister’s go ahead on plain packs 

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Local cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is delighted by the Health Minister’s announcement to support the introduction of standardised cigarette packaging in Northern Ireland. Today the Health Minister Jim Wells confirmed that Northern Ireland will be included in UK-wide regulations on st...

17
November
2014

No Smoking Day plans unveiled

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

The theme for No Smoking Day 2015 – Proud to be a Quitter – was unveiled at a special event organised by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland. Nurses, doctors, midwives, stop smoking specialists and other health professionals attended the event to hear about plans for next year’s No Smoking Day, whic...

10
November
2014

New European cancer code

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Cancer Focus NI has welcomed the launch of the revised European Code Against Cancer – a move to spread prevention messages across Europe – and urges local people, MLAs, MPs and MEPs to support the campaign. The European Commission, with the International Agency for Research on Cancer, re...