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More than a third of smokers in Northern Ireland have lost count of the number of times they have tried to quit and almost one in seven say they are ‘desperate to beat their addiction’, according to a...

Thousands of smokers across Northern Ireland were today urged to quit the habit and save a packet as the one month countdown to No Smoking Day on Wednesday 13 March gets underway.

One in four adults...

Support is available for people who are finding it hard to stick to their New Year’s resolution to stop smoking, says the Public Health Agency (PHA).

As we progress through January, many people who...

With the holiday season in full-swing, minds will soon be turning to New Year’s resolutions, and once again quitting smoking will be at the top of many people’s ‘to do’ list when the clock strikes...

In Northern Ireland approximately 185* people are diagnosed with mouth cancer every year, with more than one third dying from the disease. Although mouth cancer awareness month (1–30 November) is...

In 2012, 32,973 people were registered as having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Northern Ireland. The most common cause of COPD is smoking, so to mark this year’s World COPD day...

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers among both men and women in Northern Ireland, with round 900 new cases diagnosed each year, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on people to use...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging all local smokers to support ‘Stoptober’ – a Department of Health campaign running in England to encourage smokers to go smoke-free during the month of October...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is marking World No Tobacco Day (Thursday 31 May) by reminding everyone that smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness, premature death and health...

To mark No Smoking Day 2012, ( Wednesday 14 March) the Public Health Agency, PHA, has teamed up with UTV to sponsor  a series of mini health programmes entitled ‘Take The Leap’  which will focus on...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging smokers to make a plan, think about what steps they are going to take to stay off tobacco for good, and to seek practical support and advice from a stop...