Doctors call for teen smoking cut
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The British Medical Association in Wales calls on assembly ministers to ban cigarette vending machines.
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The majority believed raising the age at which teenagers could buy cigarettes would deter them from taking up the habit, according to an ICM poll commissioned by the BBC.
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Parents want radical action to stop drugs and weapons getting into schools, a survey suggests.
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Health Minister George Smitherman begins to roll out his crackdown plan Friday night, unveiling an ad campaign aimed at young people to get them to stop smoking and to convince them not to start.
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Severe alcohol and drug abuse by teenagers may be easily missed during routine and urgent-care medical visits, particularly in girls.
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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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A poll commissioned by the BBC found four out of five people want the legal smoking age in Britain to be raised from 16 to 18. The nationwide poll of 1,010 adults in England, Wales and Scotland, conducted by ICM on Aug.
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A new study shows public education efforts have been successful in reducing the number of teenagers who smoke cigarettes or use illegal drugs.
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The latest antismoking campaign features graphic imagery, including an amputation.
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Fall in teenage consumption raises doubts over plan to reclassify drug.
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Family doctors should question their younger patients about cannabis use, senior GPs say.
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NEW YORK - If you&#39;re considering either losing weight or quitting smoking, doctors have a few words of advice: Quit the cigarettes, even if it means gaining a few pounds.
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Children as young as 15 months should be screened for high cholesterol in an attempt to cut the number of Britons suffering from heart disease, doctors say today.
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A group of influential Canadian doctors, health officials and lobbyists urged the government on Monday to expose the destructive role in the development of tobacco epidemic which cause 47,000 deaths annually in the country.
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One in four believe smokers should not be treated by the NHS for smoking-related illnesses, a BBC poll suggests.
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A range of measures is needed to encourage people to quit smoking, Health Secretary John Reid said today. Dr Reid was speaking ahead of publication of the Government
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NEW YORK  - The Society for Adolescent  Medicine is urging parents to be aware that their teen's runny  nose, watery eyes, and nagging cough may signal whooping cough,  or pertussis.