New FRANK advert campaign aimed at young people
A new advertising campaign to remind young people to talk to FRANK for factual and trustworthy drugs advice was launched by the Home Office this week. Over the 10 years of [...]
January 2013
If you want a good night’s sleep don’t turn to alcohol
A study by the London Sleep Centre team into sleep patterns (as featured on the BBC News site) shows alcohol upsets our normal sleep cycles. Alcohol may help you fall asleep [...]
Drop in childhood asthma admissions is an unexpected benefit of smoke free law
Researchers are reporting a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma after smoke-free legislation was introduced in England. The number [...]
As deaths from ‘legal highs’ rise Peers call for decriminalisation
New psychoactive synthetic drugs are appearing in Britain at the rate of more than one a week. But along with an eight-fold increase in the use of so-called legal highs [...]
Warwickshire’s seasonal domestic abuse campaign got the message across
During Christmas/New Year period as families spend more time together, tensions can rise and it is a sad fact that reports of domestic abuse tend to increase. With this [...]
Trying to reduce stress? Quit smoking!
In the news today is a British Journal of Psychiatry report on a study that followed nearly 500 smokers attending NHS stop smoking clinics in England. It found a [...]
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