The last gasp: Health Secretary signals new smoking curbs
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent, The Independent.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Cigarettes will be banned from public display in shops and vending machines are to be scrapped under dramatic new plans designed to curb smoking among young people.
Packets of 10 cigarettes will also be outlawed under proposals to be [...]
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Cigarettes: the last gasp
Posted in ASTHMA, CHILDREN, HEART, Men's health, RISKS, Respiratory disease, Vascular disease, Women's health, chronic disease, health, life, news on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age
Posted in RISKS, Research, Respiratory disease, bmj, chronic disease, health, life on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008;336:598-600 (published 6 March 2008)
Research
Gary Parkes, general practitioner, Trisha Greenhalgh, professor, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London; Mark Griffin, lecturer in medical statistics, and Richard Dent, consultant chest physician department of chest medicine
Conclusion: Telling smokers their lung age significantly improves the likelihood of them quitting smoking, but the mechanism [...]
ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS
Posted in ASTHMA, CHILDREN, Respiratory disease, bmj, diagnosis, health on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Acute bronchiolitis
Andrew Bush, professor of paediatric respirology. BMJ 2007;335:1037-1041 (17 November).
Acute bronchiolitis is a clinical diagnosis. It “is a seasonal viral illness, characterised by fever, nasal discharge and dry, wheezy cough. On examination, there are fine inspiratory crackles and/or high-pitched expiratory wheeze.
Summary points:
• Bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus is an important and seasonal cause of respiratory morbidity in [...]
