The government’s new proposals to stop children buying cigarettes from vending machines would be impossible to carry out pub landlords have claimed. The health bill, to be debated in Parliament next week, would require bar staff to check people’s ID before operating the vending machines with a remote control. However, a news survey of pub [...]

Childhood cancer survivors are less likely to get married, a study has shown. According to findings in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal, due to the long-term effects of cancer treatment, childhood sufferers are less likely to wed. Survivors are 20 to 25 per cent more likely to never marry, compared with siblings and [...]

New research has found those who perform well at school are less likely to smoke. The study published the in Journal for Equity in Health today shows high-achieving schoolchildren, even those from poorer backgrounds, are less likely to take up smoking. Christina Schnohr led a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Institute of [...]