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Lung cancer still deadliest form of cancer in UK, bombshell health study finds
Lung cancer is still claiming the most years of life lost than any other cancer, new analysis shows.
Cancer Research UK has conducted unprecedented research outlining which cancers rob most from sufferers in terms of years of life with their loved ones. Of the two million years of life estimated to be lost to cancer each year, based on average life expectancy, lung cancer claimed 500,000.
Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: “This new analysis is a stark reminder of the impact cancer has on so many people’s lives in the UK today.
“Behind statistics are people affected by cancer, and these years of life lost are missed chances to reach milestones and spend precious time with loved ones.”
The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, shows the toll still taken by lung cancer which has smoking as a major cause.
Author Dr Judith Offman, of Queen Mary University of London, said: “This analysis allows us to see the impact cancer has on patients and their families, and the precious time that is lost as a result.
“Measuring years of life lost over a 30-year period provides a different lens to evaluate where health policies and advances in treatment have worked and highlight areas where more needs to be done.
“Research like this is instrumental in helping leaders in health and politics make the best decisions for patients and their loved ones.”
Overall total years of life lost per year to all cancers combined has risen since the 1980s largely due to our growing population.
Source: The Mirror, 11 October 2023
See also: Cancer Research UK - More than 2 million years of life are lost to cancer each year | British Journal of Cancer - Years of life lost due to cancer in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2017
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Bolton: More than 20,000 E-cigs seized by trading standards
Raids on shops in Bolton have uncovered thousands of illegal cigarettes hidden in walls and fridges.
In total two tonnes of illegal E-cigarettes have been seized in raids on shops across Bolton over the last five months. This comes to a total of around 23,500 illicit E-cigarettes uncovered in a series of raids.
In the latest raids, on Tuesday September 26 and Friday September 29, trading standards officers found more than 2,000 packs of illegal cigarettes hidden in walls and fridges in two shops with the help of sniffer dogs and tip offs from the community.
Lynn Donkin, Bolton’s Director of Public Health, said: “The facts are that smoking harms many lives. It causes most lung cancers and increases the risk of many other cancers as well as causing stillbirths, asthma in children, heart disease, strokes and dementia.
“Cheap illegal tobacco helps keep people in a cycle of addiction to smoking as well as making it easier for children to access illegal cigarettes.
“We are seeing a decline in smoking in Bolton and more work is needed to continue this trend so that we can see an end the harms caused by smoking. Enforcement action to tackling cheap, illegal tobacco is one way the local authority is doing this.”
Source: The Bolton News, 11 October 2023
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Republic of Ireland: Cigarettes to rise in price by 75c for a pack of 20 and vapes to be taxed next year
The Government has announced in Budget 2024 that it will be increasing the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by 75 cent from midnight tonight, and has proposed that next year’s budget will include a new tax on e-cigarettes and vaping products.
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath announced that excise duty on a packet of 20 cigarettes will be increasing by 75 cent, with a pro-rata increase on other tobacco products.
The increase is more than the expected 50 cent increase, and will bring the price of a packet of cigarettes to €16.75.
Minister McGrath said that the increase “supports public health policy to reduce smoking levels in Irish society”.
The Minister also announced that next year’s budget will include a new domestic tax on e-cigarettes and vaping products.
“In light of public health interests, continuing delays to the revision of the Tobacco Products Tax Directive and the Programme for Government commitment to tax e-cigarettes and vaping products, I am proposing to introduce a domestic tax on these products in next year’s Budget,” he said.
The Irish Heart Foundation welcomed the budget announcements regarding cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Director of advocacy with the foundation, Chris Macey, said a tax on vapes is a crucial measure to reduce youth use of e-cigarettes and protect children’s health, but queried whether the Government needed to wait as long as next year’s budget to introduce the measure.
“Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on the planet and there has been an explosion in youth use of e-cigarettes that has been further fuelled by the advent of disposable vapes. We can’t afford to wait a moment longer than necessary to impose this tax,” he said.
Last week, the charity called on the Minister to introduce a 10 cent tax per millilitre of e-liquid, which would increase the cost of single-use vapes by €2.
Source: The Irish Times, 10 October 2023
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