Smoking

Tokyo 2020 set to become first smoking-free olympics

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is announcing a total ban on smoking, including e-cigarettes, at all outdoor and indoor…

Oral health

Smoking risk in children falls since tobacco display ban

According to a new University of Stirling study, the risk of 11 to 16-year-olds taking up smoking has fallen following the…

Dentistry

Smoke levels drop by 81% in Scottish prisons

Air quality improved significantly in Scottish jails the week after a smoking ban was introduced. Second-hand smoke levels dropped by…

Oral health

Disney introduces smoking ban in its parks

Disney is banning smoking at Walt Disney World, Disney Land and water parks from today. Vaping and smoking can now only take…

Oral health

New intervention doubles quit rate among smokers with mental illness

A dedicated intervention to help people with severe mental illness stop smoking can double quit rates at six months compared…

Dentistry

Dementia rates fall thanks to smoking decline

New research has found that the risk of developing dementia is falling, thanks to lifestyle improvements such as a reduction in smoking…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dental charges set…

Dentistry

Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day may affect colour vision

  New research indicates the impact of heavy smoking on a person’s colour vision Writing in Psychiatry Research, scientists have reported on their study of…

Dentistry

MPs call for legal smoking age to be raised to 21

The legal age to buy cigarettes should be raised from 18 to 21 in an aim to deliver a ‘smoke-free…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Calls for a…

Dentistry

Health is the main reason smokers want to quit their habit

Health is the main reason Brits give up smoking, a study from the Oral Health Foundation has shown. Around 66%…

Oral health

Smokers 40% less likely to survive cancer 10 years after diagnosis

Smoking cigarettes could stop the ability of the body to fight cancer, research from the University of Leeds shows. Smokers…

Oral health

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… More than 1…

Dentistry

Pregnant women could be smoking or drinking in private

Pregnant women could be hiding their smoking and drinking habits to avoid negative reactions, a recent study has found. Researchers…

Oral health

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Patient charge revenue…

Dentistry

Number of Brits vaping keeps growing

The number of Brits vaping is continuing to increase, according to the latest research from Mintel. Middle-aged Brits have seen…

Dentistry

DNA study links depression with smoking

A study by the University of Edinburgh has found that hundreds of genes have been newly linked to depression, shedding…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentists to…

Dentistry

Smoking ban to be introduced in Scottish prisons

Smoking will no longer be allowed in Scotland’s prisons, with a ban on tobacco taking effect from today. Scotland has…

Oral health