No Smoking Month is fast approaching, and the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are encouraging smokers to ‘Make March Your Month to Quit’. Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death in Northern Ireland, responsible for approximately 35,00...
The Northern Ireland Cancer Charities Coalition has welcomed the Assembly’s vote, with an overwhelming majority, to progressively raise the age at which young people can buy tobacco products, saying this will save lives. The new Tobacco and Vapes Bill seeks to make it illegal to sell tobacco to anyo...
The latest NI Health Survey, published this morning from the Department of Health, shows that just over 1 in 8 people in Northern Ireland still smoke. Today’s results show that 13% of NI adults over 16 smoke, compared to 14% this time last year. Naomi Thompson, Health Improvement Manager at Cancer F...
Leading charities Cancer Focus Northern Ireland and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation have joined together to call for the implementation of lung cancer screening in Northern Ireland. Lung cancer is responsible for over a fifth (22.9%) of all cancer deaths in Northern Ireland, with late diagnosis a...
This World No Tobacco Day, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in calling out the tactics used by the tobacco industry to appeal to young people and create a new generation of smokers. Marked annually since 1987, World No Tobacco Day is organised by the WHO on 31...
