This Christmas, local cancer charity, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding people to be Skin Cancer aware through three handy tips to help reduce risk of UV skin damage during the winter months. With darker and cloudier days, winter sun holidays, ski trips an...
Understanding the needs of local women impacted by Breast Cancer, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland recently welcomed 20 women aged 50 and under to a three-day wellness retreat in Donegal. The experience, made possible thanks to the charity’s recent Go Pink fundraising and breast cancer awareness campai...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has responded to the Consultation on a Smokefree Generation, an eight-week, UK-wide consultation on tobacco and vaping. The consultation represents an opportunity to help protect future generations from the harms of tobacco and to increase regulations on vaping devices....
37 people in Northern Ireland are told they have cancer every day. For those facing a terminal diagnosis, this Christmas will take on special meaning. The Family Support team at Cancer Focus Northern Ireland works with over 350 parents, carers and children every year. Some of these families are curr...
The latest NI Health Survey shows that the number of adults smoking continues to decrease. In 2021/2022, 17% of adults smoked in Northern Ireland; it now is 14%. However the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping devices, has grown by 2%. In 2021/2022, 7% of adults reported using an e-cigarette; in 2022/202...
