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Hospital patients encouraged to quit smoking
Offering patients support to quit smoking while they are in local hospitals for other treatment is showing signs of success.
University Hospitals Dorset have screened 27,000 people admitted to hospital for treatment over a year with 8.3% self-reporting as current smokers.
Out of the initial sample, 1,675 then went on to accept help to quit.
Source: Bournemouth Echo. 14 November 2022
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Editorial: Public health cuts hit the poorest hardest
Despite excellent evidence that investing in public health and prevention saves lives, the UK government has failed to support such investment. The 2021 spending review made clear commitments to maintain local authority funding for the public health grant in real terms until 2024-25, but higher than expected inflation means it is already set to fall in 2022-23.
A Health Foundation report published at the end of October showed that the public health grant has been cut by 24% in real terms per person since 2015-16. Some of the largest reductions were for stop smoking services and tobacco control (41% real terms cut).
Research included in the Cambridge review shows that each additional year of good health (measured in quality adjusted life years (QALYs)) achieved by public health interventions costs just £3800. This is less than one third of the cost of each additional QALY achieved through NHS interventions (£13 500).
Smoking is highly addictive, and the likelihood of quitting successfully can be increased up to threefold with the help of behavioural support and drug treatment, according to data collated by Action on Smoking and Health.
Source: Maggie Rae, BMJ, Public health cuts hit the poorest hardest, 11 November 2022
See also: Primary Care unit- Make the case for prevention | ASH- Evidence into practice
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Qatar: Smoking banned in all World Cup stadiums
The Sport for Health partnership, which includes the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), FIFA and the World Health Organisation (WHO), has announced the implementation of tobacco and smoking prevention measures at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for a healthy and safe tournament.
In this context, tobacco and e-cigarettes will be banned in all eight World Cup stadiums to ensure that fans can enjoy watching the world’s largest football event in a smoke-free atmosphere.
“Each of the partners has long promoted effective tobacco control measures, while also raising awareness around tobacco health hazards,” the representative of WHO in Qatar, Dr Rayana Bou Haka, said in a press statement yesterday, adding “they have also backed the implementation of a tobacco-free policy at FIFA sporting events.”
Source: Gulf Times, 14 November 2022
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Smoking linked to increased risk of developing eyelid cancer
Research published in Ophthalmology Science has outlined an elevated risk of developing eyelid cancer among smokers. Researchers analysed data from 82,136 patients with eyelid cancer on the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry.
Smoking was independently associated with an 11% greater risk of developing any form of eyelid cancer compared to non-smokers.
Smoking particularly elevated the risk of squamous cell carcinoma – with smokers having a 59% higher chance of developing the condition compared with non-smokers.
The authors highlighted: “This finding might be explained by the fumes emitted when a cigarette is smoked containing more than 7000 chemicals, of which 70 are either known or suspected carcinogens”. They noted that the findings could assist in the early detection of eyelid cancer.
“Health care providers should maintain a high index of suspicion for possible eyelid cancer when examining high-risk patients, such as older white non-Hispanic men who are active smokers,” the authors emphasised.
Source: Optometry Today, 9 November 2022
See also: IRIS® Registry Analytic Center Consortium. Eyelid Cancer Prevalence and Associated Factors in the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry. Ophthalmology Science. 2022 Sep 27:100227.
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Longest-ever serving state Attorney General defeated in Iowa
Iowa Democrat Tom Miller, the longest-ever serving state attorney general who fought against Big Tobacco has been defeated by a Republican challenger who has pledged to sue the Biden administration.
Miller conceded a close race on Tuesday to Brenna Bird, a candidate endorsed by Donald Trump who has served as the elected Guthrie County attorney since 2018.
Miller’s high-profile role in multistate litigation gave his office unusual influence. “He became a very significant national legal figure,” said James Tierney, a Harvard Law School lecturer and former Maine attorney general, who donated to Miller’s campaign. “Iowa punched way, way over its weight.”
Source: Bloomberg Law, 9 November 2022
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