UKCTCS In the Media

 

Tobacco corporations take aim at world's disadvantaged (29 May 2011)

The Independent on Sunday newspaper reports on the actions of the large tobacco companies. UKCTCS's Anna Gilmore contributes to the article.

• Read it on the IoS website

 

Plain cigarette packaging highlights warnings (11 April 2011)

A study  by the University of Bristol shows warnings are noticed more on plain than branded packets.

• Read the article at reuters.co.uk

 

Five years of the smoking ban - Has the smoke-free policy in Scotland made a difference? (23 March 2011)

An initial report by UKCTCS researchers has been published.

• Read corresponding article in The Scotsman

 

Secondhand smoke tied to higher birth defect risk (7 March 2011)

UKCTCS researchers have found that evidence that shows passive or secondhand smoke increases the risk of birth defects.

• Read the article at Reuters.com, 7 March

Cigarette displays do encourage smoking (11 January 2011)

A study on tobacco displays in shops in Ireland, led by a researcher at UKCTCS, has been documented in the Guardian.

• Read the article in The Guardian, 11 January
  
  

Health experts warn against tobacco display turnaround (14 November 2010)

The Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians and other prominent health bodies, including the UKCTCS, have have warned against government action to review the proposed legislation to ban tobacco displays in retail outlets

• Read the article in The Observer, 14 November
  

Stop-smoking rates down as recession bites
(8 November 2010)

New data, from the smoker's toolkit study, suggests there have been fewer quitters since the start of the recession.

• Read article on ITN website
  
  

Researchers call for price cap on cigarette profits (5 October 2010)

Researchers at the University of Bath  have called for an independent regulator to regulate the tobacco industry.

• Read full story on University of Bath website
  
  

Smoking on Nottingham estate 'part of normal life' (19 June 2010)

Researchers at UKCTCS have fund that high levels of smoking in certain areas of Nottingham are largely due to smoking being accepted as part of everyday life.

• Read press coverage from Nottingham Evening Post (pdf)

 

Giving up smoking can help reduce stress levels (17 June 2010)

A study by Professor Peter Hajek and colleagues at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry has found that patients hospitalised due to heart disease reported reduced stress levels after they quit smoking.

• Read article from ABC news (pdf)
  
  

 

Smoke free legislation leads to fewer heart attacks (9 June 2010)

UKCTCS researchers have found admissions to hospital for coronary related episodes have decreased in England since the introduction of smoke-free legislation in 2007.

• Read article from the Eastern Daily Press (pdf)

 

Campaigns to combat smoking (24 May 2010)

A former member of the UKCTCS Advisory Board has joined marketing agency ICE to developing media campaigns around smoking cessation.

• Read coverage from the Liverpool Daily Post
  Campaigns to combat smoking (pdf)

 

UKCTCS awarded £1.2 million to conduct pilot studies in six settings associated with health inequalities (21 May 2010)

• Article from Times Higher Education Supplement (pdf)

Smoking in movies more common in UK films (April/May 2010)

The UKCTCS has found images of tobacco and smoking are more likely to appear in UK made films than american productions. Media interest in the topic has led to articles in the following press:

• Teenage movies failing to kick habit  as reported in The Scotsman
• Smoking kills? - Yaay, that's so cool say teens as reported in The Times
  
  

Passive smoke and children (24 March 2010)

A report on the health impacts of passive smoking and children, published by the Royal College of Physicians, was produced in close collaboration with the UKCTCS. The release of the report on 24 March led to widespread media attention, some sources are listed below. 

• Some of the most comprehensive coverage was in The Times - you can view the article on Times online.

 

Stopping smoking can double survival (30 January 2010)

UKCTCS researchers have found evidence suggesting stopping smoking when diagnosed with lung cancer can double survival

• Read article on the study lung cancer and smoking (pdf); as reported in the British Medical Journal article (external website)