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...
Smoking is known to cause severe health risks, including cancer, but it is not only people that smoking hurts: smoking is also damaging for the environment. In addition to cigarette litter – with an estimated 12 billion cigarette butts dropped on streets globally every day – tobacco causes environme...
This afternoon, the Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Health Improvement Manager, Naomi Thompson, addressed physical education and sport students at Stranmillis University College. She was joined by Health Minister Robin Swann, who spoke to students about the role of health promotion and risk factors su...
Health Minister Robin Swann MLA confirmed today that Northern Ireland is set to be included in Westminster’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, subject to approval by the NI Assembly. The proposed legislation follows the UK-wide Smokefree Generation Consultation held in late 2023, and it will make it illegal t...
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’. With smoking being the single most entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death, in Northern Ireland it is responsi...
