Step Up 30 - Bowel Cancer Awareness
Published at 08 June, 2020.
Awareness and funding for bowel cancer is vitally important because it is widely known that every 15 minutes another patient is sadly diagnosed with bowel cancer, well over 42,000 people every year. A mind-boggling 7% of those cases are directly linked to regular, long term and frequent smoking habits, the number of severely affected patients increases depending on how many cigarettes are smoked per day.
World No Tobacco Day 2020
Published at 28 May, 2020.
It is widely known that smoking kills 8 million people a year, meaning it has never been more vitally important to choose life and take back control of your health.
ASH warns that the ban on sale of menthol cigarettes is long overdue.
Published at 20 May, 2020.
ASH warns that the ban on sale of menthol cigarettes is long overdue as 280 children a day take up smoking in England. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) welcomes the introduction of the ban on child-friendly menthol cigarettes on 20th May as a decisive next step towards ending the tobacco epidemic.
Lockdown leads to increases in secondhand smoke exposure for children
Published at 15 May, 2020.
Health campaigners are warning that new evidence suggests lockdown has left more children exposed to the harms of secondhand smoke. The warning comes today from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), British Lung Foundation, Fresh and Breathe 2025 [1] as evidence from the YouGov COVID tracker [2] shows that people who live in households that include children are 50% more likely to report being exposed to secondhand smoke since lockdown compared to those without children (10% compared with 6%).
World Mental Health Awareness Week
Published at 15 May, 2020.
Quitting smoking is key to increasing emotional wellbeing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as studies estimate around 30% of smokers within the UK have a pre-existing mental health condition.
Yorkshire Smokefree Supports World Lupus Day
Published at 05 May, 2020.
Here at Yorkshire Smokefree we are proud to support World Lupus Day 2020, an annual event brought to you by Lupus UK, a network of some 500 million people worldwide who are living with lupus. They aim to join forces with families, researchers, doctors, government leaders and caring people just like you to help them fight the severe autoimmune disease and its devastating impact - ultimately securing a much higher quality of life for all lupus sufferers by raising awareness, funds and knowledge about the cause.
Stop Smoking for Ramadan 2020
Published at 23 April, 2020.
If you are observing Ramadan celebrations this year and want to avoid or reduce smoking it may be the perfect time to consider putting the focus on your wellbeing in the long term and taking steps towards kicking the habit for good.
Yorkshire Smokefree Supports National Stop Snoring Week 2020
Published at 22 April, 2020.
It is widely known to sleep experts that if you are a smoker your chances of suffering chronic snoring issues are higher than normal, depending on the amount of cigarettes smoked per day - because nicotine irritates the membranes of the mouth and nose, partially blocking the airways and causing inflammation.
