Health leaders welcome smoke free consultation launch

Health leaders in Humber and North Yorkshire have welcomed a Government consultation into proposed legislation to crack down on youth vaping and create a “smoke free generation”. Smoking tobacco is the single most entirely preventable cause of ill health, disability, and death in the country, responsible for 64,000 deaths a year. No other consumer product … Read more

Hundreds of patients in Humber and North Yorkshire quit smoking with the help of new hospital service

Health leaders in Humber and North Yorkshire have hailed the impact of a new service to help hospital patients quit smoking. Since the start of the rollout of the tobacco dependency treatment service from the region’s hospitals a year ago, more than 2,000 patients have been seen, with a third of those going on to … Read more