Youth vaping consistently linked to subsequent smoking, marijuana and alcohol use2025-08-20T13:32:55+00:0020 August 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
UK teens who currently vape as likely to start smoking as their peers in the 1970s2025-07-30T11:32:38+00:0030 July 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
Children’s social care involvement common to nearly third of UK mums who died during perinatal period2025-07-11T09:12:28+00:0011 July 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Women's health|
‘Virtual ward’ bed uses 4 times less carbon than traditional inpatient bed2025-06-18T10:09:50+00:0018 June 2025|BMJ Innovations, Press release|Healthcare systems|
Mum’s obesity linked to child’s heightened hospital admission risk for infection2025-06-04T09:55:13+00:004 June 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|
Around 1 in 7 US adults who smoke may have some degree of disability2025-05-30T09:58:14+00:0030 May 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Physical health|
Standardising disposable vape devices may curb young people’s desire to try them2025-05-21T09:39:46+00:0021 May 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Public health|
Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term2025-04-09T15:42:13+00:009 April 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Mental health|
Tobacco advertising + sponsorship bans linked to 20% lower odds of smoking2025-01-14T14:39:58+00:0014 January 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Public health|
Specific long term condition combinations have major role in NHS ‘winter pressures’2025-01-22T11:43:25+00:0013 November 2024|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Healthcare systems|
Regular fish oil supplement use might boost first time heart disease and stroke risk2024-06-04T10:27:17+00:0022 May 2024|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Physical health|
Frequent teen vaping might boost risk of toxic lead and uranium exposure2024-06-04T10:25:32+00:0030 April 2024|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
Tobacco related annual medical spend of US Minorities who smoke double that of White peers2025-06-26T10:41:10+00:006 December 2023|Press release, Tobacco Control|Healthcare systems|
Five-fold rise in UK rates of transgender identity since 2000, medical records suggest2024-06-04T10:23:24+00:0029 November 2023|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Public health|
Plastic pollution from cigarette butts likely costs US$26 billion/year2024-06-04T10:25:26+00:0029 November 2023|Press release, Tobacco Control|Climate|
Three-fold rise in babies born at 22 weeks given respiratory life support in England and Wales after guidelines change2024-06-04T10:23:04+00:0010 November 2023|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Women's health|
Virtual/augmented reality playkit eases kids’ and parents’ anxieties ahead of MRI scan2024-06-04T10:25:42+00:0010 November 2023|BMJ Innovations, Press release|Child and adolescent health|
Tripling in proportion of smokers’ discounted overseas tobacco purchases since 2019 in England2024-06-04T10:23:33+00:0019 July 2023|Press release, Tobacco Control|Public health|
Higher levels of lean muscle might protect against Alzheimer’s disease2024-06-04T10:23:34+00:004 July 2023|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Public health|
Vaping in early teens linked to persistent and heavier smoking2025-06-26T10:50:02+00:0019 April 2023|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
Ethnic, religious, social differences in case rates between covid-19 waves2024-06-04T10:23:38+00:004 April 2023|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Public health|