Quit smoking to save the NHS: Treating smokers costs THIS much every year

While the number of smokers has been declining, one in six adults – or 16.9 per cent of the population – still smokes, according to Public Health England figures released last year. Health experts put it down to increasing use of e-cigarettes, nicotine patches and gum to help people give up cigarettes. In 2015, 500,000 […]

Could some heavy smokers be IMMUNE to smoking-related heart disease?

GETTY – STOCK IMAGES New medical research suggest that some heavy smokers can be immune to smoking-related heart disease Smoking-related heart disease is tied to the effects of a single gene, which, when lost, leads of a plaque buildup in heart arteries, eventually leading to the disease. However, new research suggests that there are some […]

Lung cancer test: Nose swab could DETECT deadly disease in smokers

Scientists have revealed a simple nose swab could detect the disease. Experts from the Boston University School of Medicine warn smoking damages cells in the linking of the nostrils involved in smell. They found detecting these changes can predict if patients have potentially deadly cancer without having to do biopsies. In the early stages of […]