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Making the case for local tobacco control

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 7 October 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease

For nearly 20 years England has been doing great work to tackle the harms caused by smoking. Cigarette advertising is banned, the age of sale for tobacco has been increased to 18 and enclosed public places have been smokefree since …

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Tackling the epidemic of non-communicable diseases

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 27 February 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease

...local government and the NHS on: public health issues (smoking, alcohol, drugs, mental health, physical activity, blood pressure control, diet and obesity, sexual health); health marketing and behavioural change; health...

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