GAES, formerly FSFW, has been funded by cigarette giant PMI since its founding, despite claims of wanting a "smoke-free world."

This systematic review summarizes research published 2025 to 2026 on the effectiveness and safety of seasonal influenza vaccines in the US.

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Background Philip Morris International’s (PMI) heated tobacco brand IQOS has long been advertised as a fashionable lifestyle product and as a supposedly safer alternative to cigarettes. PMI’s new camp...

The UK and devolved Governments are consulting on proposals to restrict the packaging, appearance and display of tobacco, vapes and other nicotine products like nicotine pouches. The consultation clos...

Smoking is not social and leads to increased loneliness, according to a large Europe-wide study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals

Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals

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Stop Smoking London provides help and support to those wanting to quit smoking.

The health of LGBTQ+ people has long been an indicator of wider advances in human rights and health equity. Modern LGBTQ+ liberation movements have achieved substantial progress towards the decriminal...

Podcast Episode · Thorax Podcast · August 24 · 23m

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them

Andy Burnham calls for reflection after ‘a tragedy on so many levels’ in comments echoed by London mayor Sadiq Khan

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Nitrogen dioxide levels in Tower Hamlets have fallen by 37.6% since 2019, according to new air quality monitoring data, with 95 of the borough’s 96 monitoring sites meeting the national annual objecti...

Phlegm can build-up in your airways when you have a lung condition. Find out how to clear your airways using common airway clearance techniques.

Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians

Known for his use of devolved powers, during his tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham now has the opportunity to bring his local blueprint to the national stage. But what does this mean...

- what does the death of anatomist Gunther von Hagens (1945-2026) tell us about the international trade in organs and body parts and why did he write to me.

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Background In 2023, the UK government proposed a Bill introducing a generational ban on the sale of tobacco products and measures targeting youth nicotine product (NP) use. Industries’ responses remai...