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Crisps, sweets, chocolate and fizzy drinks will be covered by restrictions starting in England.

Dr. Martin Daly, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health and Disability and TD for Roscommon–Galway

Food Standards Agency warns that the drinks can cause decreased consciousness and low blood sugar Children under seven should not drink slushies containing glycerol due to the serious health risks they can cause, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said. Glycerol is a naturally occurring alcohol and sugar substitute that helps slushies maintain their texture by preventing liquid from freezing solid. Continue reading...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is "in favour" of banning sunbeds, calling the move a "no-brainer".

Report finds sunbeds still being used by children and teenagers, despite regulations restricting use

Newsagents will be obliged to hide nicotine inhaling products - vapes - in the same way that they do for tobacco, under legislation being drafted by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.

The HSE has said that regulations around how sunbed use is marketed need to be tightened.

On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) today launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarett...

In many European countries, alcohol is more affordable today than it was 2 decades ago and people are paying the price with their health. The WHO European Region continues to report the highest alcoho...

Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed

Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more t...

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms Government legal guidance urging retailers in England to offer millions of consumers deals and discounts on minimally processed and nutritious food has been dropped after a lobbying campaign by the world’s biggest ultra-processed food firms, the Guardian can reveal. Ahead of new regulations banning junk food promotions from October, the Department of Health and Social Care issued advice to thousands of shops, supermarkets, online retailers and other businesses to help them comply with the law. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening Slot machine companies are targeting Britain’s poorest neighbourhoods and channelling the proceeds to billionaire-owned overseas corporations and a Wall Street fund that uses an offshore lending structure, the Guardian can reveal. The number of slot machine shops has risen by 7% since 2022, as companies -friendly planning and licensing laws to flood Britain’s high streets with new “adult gaming centres” (AGCs), most of which are open 24 hours a day. Continue reading...

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They were found to have nicotine at concentrations of 18.0 mg/ml to 19.0 mg/ml following analysis by the State Laboratory

Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, William Roberts, writes about how the power of education can help us shift from treatment to prevention.

The State’s new gaming regulator is preparing to start work, but experts still fear that gambling is becoming ingrained at younger ages

The Chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s All Party Group (APG) on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling, Philip McGuigan MLA has called for a public health approach to gambling following the publicati...

“Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health...

Companies deploys highly paid lawyers and appears to mislead councillors – but local authorities are fighting back It is almost 2am in Peterborough and a handful of punters are wordlessly feeding their money into the machines at Merkur Slots. A fragment of a song, the lyric “nothing to lose”, drifts through the shop as their funds rapidly evaporate. Closing time is fast approaching, but that does not mean the end of the gambling. Continue reading...