Posts Tagged ‘Teenagers’

Vaping: The escape from smoking… or the gateway into it?

Vaping: The escape from smoking… or the gateway into it?

Smoking is one of the biggest causes of tooth staining, gum disease, tooth loss and mouth cancer. Yet as many young smokers turn to e-cigarettes over the conventional, tar-filled alternative, recent reports suggest it’s a slippery slope from vaping to using real cigarettes. Scientists at the RAND research centre believe e-cigarettes could actually be serving […]


Health bodies criticise decision not to expand HPV vaccination programme

Health bodies criticise decision not to expand HPV vaccination programme

Health bodies and campaign groups have criticised a decision not to expand the HPV vaccination programme to include teenage boys. Representatives from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recently suggested that extending the programme was “highly unlikely to be cost-effective”, angering health bodies and campaigners who called for the vaccine to be made […]