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5 October 2005
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Britain heart disease control an example to follow, WHO report
BAT quitting the race
1 billion people will be killed by smoking this century
Smokers raise a stink over DoH adverts
Fox attacked over links with tobacco industry
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Britain heart disease control an example to follow, WHO report
A WHO report warning of the danger of an epidemic of death from chronic diseases in developing countries praises Britain's progress in reducing heart disease.
Developing countries can tackle a "global epidemic" of chronic disease by adopting cheap measures that have helped cut heart disease deaths in some rich nations by up to 70 percent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Alerting the public to the dangers of high cholesterol levels or blood pressure have paid off in Western countries, the report said. Heart disease death rates have fallen by up to 70 percent in the last three decades in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States.
Source: Reuters, Financial Times, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/d6ole
1 billion people will be killed by smoking this century
A billion people will die from smoking-related diseases this century unless radical measures are taken to encourage people to quit, according to a leading cancer expert.
One sixth of the world's population stand to die from cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses, with the highest death toll in developing countries, Professor Sir Richard Peto told a cancer conference in Birmingham yesterday.
While the British are facing a possible smoking ban in public places - following in the wake of Ireland and New York - 30 million people take up the habit worldwide each year.
Sir Richard, professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at the University of Oxford, said: "If more than 20 million of these continue to smoke and half are killed by their habit, then we are going to have more than 10 million tobacco-related deaths a year. So in the present century, if we keep on smoking the way we are we will have about 1,000 million deaths."
In the last century the death toll from smoking related diseases was 100 million, including seven million in Britain. Smoking currently kills about five million adults a year globally.
Professor Peter Boyle, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, warned that developing countries were least able to cope with the extra disease burden of smoking, on top of existing disease.
Source: Independent, BBC, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/9hxkw
Smokers raise a stink over DoH adverts
The advertising standards authority has rejected 33 complaints about a TV advertisement that said "if you smoke you stink".
The complaints said that the Department of Health broadcast, which showed a man deciding not to approach a woman smoker, was offensive.
The authority said that the uncomfortable message was justified by the need to explain the disadvantages of smoking.
Source: The Times, 5 October 2005
BAT quitting the race
British American Tobacco is planning to drive out of the Formula One racing circuit.
The company has announced it is to sell its 55 per cent stake in the BAR Honda team.
The move by the UK-based cigarette manufacturer will hand complete control to Honda, which acquired a 45 per cent holding in the team in January.
Source: Times, 5 October 2005
Fox attacked over links with tobacco industry
Liam Fox was on the defensive last night over his links to the tobacco industry, with allies of Ken Clarke accusing him of hypocrisy.
Dr Fox's fiancée, Dr Jesme Baird, is a cancer campaigner who has attacked Mr Clarke for his directorship of British American Tobacco (BAT).
Mr Clarke's allies also suspect Dr Fox of involvement in a running row over evidence Mr Clarke gave to a Commons committee about BAT'S activities.
But yesterday it emerged that in 1995 Dr Fox accepted tickets to the Wimbledon tennis finals, courtesy of the global giant Imperial Tobacco.
Dr Fox confirmed yesterday that he had accepted Imperial's hospitality, but pointed out that the company employs many of his constituents. He said that since becoming the shadow health minister he had not accepted any gifts from the tobacco industry.
Staying on the subject of tobacco stained Tories, the Sun reports the following:
The Tobacco Manuafacturer's Association hosts a lavish reception every year for the Tory party conference, where free ciggies and cigars are handed out. There were no such anticipated freebies this year, after the association took legal advice about the Promotion of Tobacco Act. This surely accounts for cigar-chomping Ken Clarke's absence from the reception.
Source: Scotsman, The Sun, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/ahfzz
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ASH Daily News
5 October 2005
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HEADLINES
Britain heart disease control an example to follow, WHO report
BAT quitting the race
1 billion people will be killed by smoking this century
Smokers raise a stink over DoH adverts
Fox attacked over links with tobacco industry
FULL TEXT
Britain heart disease control an example to follow, WHO report
A WHO report warning of the danger of an epidemic of death from chronic diseases in developing countries praises Britain's progress in reducing heart disease.
Developing countries can tackle a "global epidemic" of chronic disease by adopting cheap measures that have helped cut heart disease deaths in some rich nations by up to 70 percent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Alerting the public to the dangers of high cholesterol levels or blood pressure have paid off in Western countries, the report said. Heart disease death rates have fallen by up to 70 percent in the last three decades in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States.
Source: Reuters, Financial Times, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/d6ole
1 billion people will be killed by smoking this century
A billion people will die from smoking-related diseases this century unless radical measures are taken to encourage people to quit, according to a leading cancer expert.
One sixth of the world's population stand to die from cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses, with the highest death toll in developing countries, Professor Sir Richard Peto told a cancer conference in Birmingham yesterday.
While the British are facing a possible smoking ban in public places - following in the wake of Ireland and New York - 30 million people take up the habit worldwide each year.
Sir Richard, professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at the University of Oxford, said: "If more than 20 million of these continue to smoke and half are killed by their habit, then we are going to have more than 10 million tobacco-related deaths a year. So in the present century, if we keep on smoking the way we are we will have about 1,000 million deaths."
In the last century the death toll from smoking related diseases was 100 million, including seven million in Britain. Smoking currently kills about five million adults a year globally.
Professor Peter Boyle, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, warned that developing countries were least able to cope with the extra disease burden of smoking, on top of existing disease.
Source: Independent, BBC, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/9hxkw
Smokers raise a stink over DoH adverts
The advertising standards authority has rejected 33 complaints about a TV advertisement that said "if you smoke you stink".
The complaints said that the Department of Health broadcast, which showed a man deciding not to approach a woman smoker, was offensive.
The authority said that the uncomfortable message was justified by the need to explain the disadvantages of smoking.
Source: The Times, 5 October 2005
BAT quitting the race
British American Tobacco is planning to drive out of the Formula One racing circuit.
The company has announced it is to sell its 55 per cent stake in the BAR Honda team.
The move by the UK-based cigarette manufacturer will hand complete control to Honda, which acquired a 45 per cent holding in the team in January.
Source: Times, 5 October 2005
Fox attacked over links with tobacco industry
Liam Fox was on the defensive last night over his links to the tobacco industry, with allies of Ken Clarke accusing him of hypocrisy.
Dr Fox's fiancée, Dr Jesme Baird, is a cancer campaigner who has attacked Mr Clarke for his directorship of British American Tobacco (BAT).
Mr Clarke's allies also suspect Dr Fox of involvement in a running row over evidence Mr Clarke gave to a Commons committee about BAT'S activities.
But yesterday it emerged that in 1995 Dr Fox accepted tickets to the Wimbledon tennis finals, courtesy of the global giant Imperial Tobacco.
Dr Fox confirmed yesterday that he had accepted Imperial's hospitality, but pointed out that the company employs many of his constituents. He said that since becoming the shadow health minister he had not accepted any gifts from the tobacco industry.
Staying on the subject of tobacco stained Tories, the Sun reports the following:
The Tobacco Manuafacturer's Association hosts a lavish reception every year for the Tory party conference, where free ciggies and cigars are handed out. There were no such anticipated freebies this year, after the association took legal advice about the Promotion of Tobacco Act. This surely accounts for cigar-chomping Ken Clarke's absence from the reception.
Source: Scotsman, The Sun, 5 October 2005
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/ahfzz
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