Smokers &#39;should not get NHS care&#39;
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A quarter of people want the government to ban smokers being treated by the NHS for smoking-related illness, according to a BBC poll.
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OBAN, Scotland -- Retired nurse Carolyn Rowe carries vivid memories of cancer patients she treated and says their suffering drives her strong support for Scotland's plan to ban smoking in all enclosed public places.
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Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years.
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The public think politicians should not meddle day-to-day with the health service, a key body claims.
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Health ministers will miss &quot;by a wide margin&quot; their target to cut the number of smokers in Britain by a quarter, one of the Government&#39;s leading advisers has warned.
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The region with the highest ratio of smokers in Scotland is targeted for help by health bosses.
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LONDON -- Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as &quot;loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs,&quot; the British government is taking heed. It announced plans yesterday to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub that serves food.
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According to media reports, the British Government is not going to follow Ireland&#39;s lead an initiate a national smoking ban in public places.
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Comment is free: Seumas Milne: It beggars belief that US health privateers straight out of Michael Moore's Sicko are being lined up to run core NHS services.
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John Reid, the Health Secretary, has been accused of holding back an official report that confirms that passive smoking increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.
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JOHN Reid, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of suppressing a report from medical experts warning that the risks of passive smoking are greater than initially thought.
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Ministers are told Scotland's publicans will fight "tooth and nail" to stop plans for an outright ban on smoking.
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Hospitals in England and Wales are refusing referrals for obesity operations on costs grounds, a snapshot survey of doctors suggests.
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Obligatory Â£200 addict permit A government advisor has suggested that the problem of Brits continuing to smoke themselves to death might be tackled by requiring nicotine addicts to obtain a Â£200 annual licence, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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A majority of the British public want the legal smoking age raised in order to discourage British youth from taking up the habit, according to the results of a new poll.
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Patients who fail to follow medical advice will not be penalised under a reformed NHS, minister says.