Search Tag: smoking cessation

2024 17 Apr

  The UK is on the brink of a monumental shift in its approach to smoking, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spearheading efforts to usher in a "smoke-free generation." This ambitious initiative, now backed by MPs, aims to drastically reduce smoking-related deaths and create a healthier future for the nation.   The Tobacco and Vapes Bill: A Blueprint...Read more

2018 27 Feb

About 1.6 million people die of lung cancer each year, making it the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. The poor outcomes of treatment in lung cancer resulting from the fact that most cases are diagnosed in the advanced stage of the disease justify the implementation of an optimal lung cancer prevention in the form of smoking cessation...Read more

2015 12 Oct

Symptoms of depression after a heart attack can often be an issue both in patients who already suffer from chronic depression before their heart attack and those who become depressed as an acute reaction to the event. Depression in cardiac patients differs from those in psychiatric patients and in most cases, these patients don't communicate that they...Read more