A freedom of information request submitted by SRNews has revealed South Tyneside’s pension fund has been invested in a private equity company named in the Paradise Papers, as well as a tobacco company. The public sector pension scheme, controlled by South Tyneside Council, manages the future savings of public sector […]
Mrs Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West, has continued to push for answers in regards to controls for tobacco. The Shadow Secretary for Public Health has taken a strong interest in the governments approach to tackling the continuing number of people who still use tobacco products. The Tobacco […]
Fresh North East has welcomed a report that concludes electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to smoking. The report released today from the Royal College of Physicians has found that e-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health. Smokers can therefore be reassured and encouraged to use […]
More than 580,000 cases of cancer have been calculated if recent smoking trends continue. This equates to more than the populations of Sunderland and Newcastle put together. Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum brought out a report, called Aiming High: Why The UK Should Aim to be Tobacco Free, on No […]
Smoking caused more than 3,000 new cancer cases and 2,192 deaths in the North East in 2013, despite the region having the largest drop in smokers nationwide, new figures have revealed. It is also reported that an estimated 243 deaths from cancer and 326 new cases of cancer have caused […]