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Stoptober is back and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is supporting the campaign by urging all smokers in Northern Ireland to take part and quit for good.

Smoking is the single greatest cause of...

Smoking tobacco is very harmful to health. The short and long term effects of smoking are well known and smoking remains the single biggest cause of early death in Northern Ireland. A typical smoker...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has commended GRAHAM-Bam Healthcare Partnership, contractors on the new construction phase of the Ulster Hospital, for promoting the ‘Workplace 28 Day Stop Smoking...

The Public Health Agency (PHA), in conjunction with the Education Authority, has installed smoke free signs at the school gates of over 100 primary schools in the South Eastern region to encourage...

Thousands of smokers across Northern Ireland are today being urged to quit the habit and become ‘Proud Quitters’ as the one month countdown to No Smoking Day (NSD) on Wednesday 11 March gets underway...

To mark World Cancer Day 2015 on Wednesday 4 February, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is highlighting the links between smoking and cancer and is urging all smokers to make the decision to give up...

As we progress through January, many people who quit smoking as a New Year’s Resolution may be finding it tough to stay off tobacco, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to make use of...

The PHA's Smokers Helpline service (0808 812 8008) ceased on 31st December 2014.

The demand for the smokers’ helpline has decreased in recent times, with smokers choosing to seek help from more online...

In 2013/14, 35,663 people in Northern Ireland were registered as having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which is a life-threatening lung disease caused primarily by smoking.

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Welsh 'Indie Folksters' Paper Aeroplanes, who are currently touring the UK, stopped off in Lisburn today for a surprise gig at a school, which they also used to promote the Public Health Agency’s (PHA...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has commended Norbrook Laboratories Ltd in Newry for taking part in the ‘Workplace 28 day stop smoking challenge’ to support their employees to stop smoking, and has...

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers among both men and women in Northern Ireland, with around 900 new cases diagnosed each year, but it is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer...