
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently added Britain’s breakfast favourites such as bacon, sausages and other red meat to the list of the ‘encyclopaedia of carcinogens’. All processed red meat is to join the premier league of cancer causing agents such as smoking,
by David Atherton28 Oct 2015, 3:03 AM PST0

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health (APPG), chaired by Bob Blackman MP has called for yet another increase in tobacco taxes. The Conservative MP for Harrow East is recommending to Parliament, “that the tobacco tax escalator be increased
by David Atherton12 Oct 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

A ban on smoking outside may soon become a reality if the Royal Society for Public Health’s (RSPH) proposals are adopted. The areas specifically affected are outside restaurants, school gates, in parks and even in pub gardens. The RSPH cites the smoking ban
by David Atherton13 Aug 2015, 3:30 AM PST0

Elle Magazine has produced a T-shirt bearing the legend “This is what a feminist looks like,” with proceeds going to the feminist Fawcett Society. It was modelled by Harriet Harman in the House of Commons, and outside by Ed Miliband
by David Atherton4 Nov 2014, 3:08 AM PST0

This week seemingly, like Banquo’s Ghost in Macbeth, a new law has appeared to haunt us and disappeared at the final curtain, unnoticed. This week the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCP) came into force. It is to
by David Atherton23 Oct 2014, 5:33 AM PST0

I reported very recently on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) meeting. The meeting was heavily criticised, not only on the veil of secrecy that surrounded the meetings, where only certain people were admitted, but
by David Atherton20 Oct 2014, 8:41 AM PST0

In Moscow, the World Health Organization (WHO) is conducting its biennial Conference of the Parties meeting (COP6) between 13th to the 18th October. Attended by most of the signatories of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), its aim is to restrict and control
by David Atherton16 Oct 2014, 2:24 AM PST0

by David Atherton15 Oct 2014, 2:10 AM PST0

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has once more called for a pact between the Conservative Party and UKIP. Speaking at a meeting of the Eurosceptic Bruges Group on the fringe of the Conservative Party Conference, the MP for North East Somerset
by David Atherton29 Sep 2014, 10:31 AM PST0

Today at the Labour Party Conference, Ed Miliband is due to give the main speech. It is based on a ten-year plan to support the NHS with a “mansion tax” on homes worth more than £2 million and a windfall
by David Atherton23 Sep 2014, 1:45 AM PST0

Europe’s troubled wind turbine industry has a new predicament, with a householder in Denmark successfully suing Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer. Vestas was sued by the householder with the help of International Law Office and awarded 500,000 Danish kroner
by David Atherton12 Sep 2014, 3:52 AM PST0

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has launched an investigation into possible human rights abuses of Britain’s disabled people. Hungarian Physicist Professor Gabor Gombos a former member of CRPD and now its adviser said
by David Atherton1 Sep 2014, 2:25 AM PST0

It has been recently reported in New South Wales (NSW), Australia that cigarette plain packaging, along with the hike in taxes has seen a resurgence in illegal tobacco. Some of the biggest buyers are teenagers. The illegal smokes are sold
by David Atherton26 Aug 2014, 2:26 AM PST0

The European anti-fraud agency OLAF has recently announced that between 2009 and 2013 the European Union (EU) lost €700 million in taxes as smugglers cross into Spain to sell cigarettes at half the prices. Two hundred Marlboro in Spain are
by David Atherton16 Aug 2014, 4:26 AM PST0

According to the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA), thirty-one British pubs a week are closing, with planning regulations supermarket takeovers being blamed. Tom Stainer, head of communications at Camra, said: “It is utterly perverse that developers are able to demolish
by David Atherton13 Aug 2014, 9:23 AM PST0

Scotland’s second largest health board, NHS Lothian, will not be giving further treatment to smokers for non-urgent cases, with referrals from GPs being refused. Dr. Zahid Raza said: “In Edinburgh, we will not see patients at the clinic that are
by David Atherton11 Aug 2014, 2:52 AM PST0

At midnight last night, the Department of Health finished its final six-week consultation on whether to implement plain packaging for cigarettes. In response, Simon Clark of the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST) personally delivered 53,196
by David Atherton8 Aug 2014, 5:58 AM PST0

by David Atherton30 Jul 2014, 2:38 AM PST0

Just as the new Premier League season is about to kick off, Arsenal’s midfielder Jack Wilshere has been ‘caught’ smoking a cigarette outside a club in Las Vegas. He was caught in December last year too, and both times felt it
by David Atherton28 Jul 2014, 10:59 AM PST0

This week in the European Parliament, the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) met to discuss the EU’s budget for the next year. What at first looked like a dull meeting of MEPs, became a more exciting after a Labour
by David Atherton25 Jul 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

David Cameron’s recent reshuffle was viewed as radical by some and controversial by others. Quite blatantly having one eye on the 2015 elections, the decisive hand of Election Director Lynton Crosby was thought to be crucial. One place where Crosby
by David Atherton17 Jul 2014, 7:40 AM PST0

The National Health Service (NHS) – the “envy of the world” or a study in neo Marxism, depending on your point of view – continues to please and disappoint in equal measures. Paid for out of taxation and free at
by David Atherton1 Jul 2014, 7:58 AM PST0

The British Medical Association (BMA) has voted by a large majority for the illegalisation of tobacco for people born after the year 2000. Dr. Tim Crocker-Buque, who is a Specialist Registrar in Public Health, said “Smoking is not a rational
by David Atherton24 Jun 2014, 7:27 AM PST0

Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), which is usually pro-wind power, has criticised plans to build 47 wind turbines in Flow Country in the Scottish Highlands, home to the rare Wood Sandpiper (Tringa Glareola), which has only
by David Atherton20 Jun 2014, 7:40 AM PST0

EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, United Kingdom – Saturday saw the third Annual UKIP South East Conference at the Winter Gardens in Eastbourne. The exterior maybe be tired and peeling, but this was in contrast to the fresh coat of emulsion that
by David Atherton9 Jun 2014, 4:06 AM PST0