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In mind and body
[…] reduction and sexual health. According to Professor Gerry Stimson, one the biggest developments in drug harm reduction in recent years has been the rise and rise of vaping. E-cigarettes could, as some economists have predicted, overtake their deadly tobacco equivalents in less than ten years. However, the success of vaping in reducing the smoking […]
Every constituency backs tobacco ban
There is support for phasing out the sale of tobacco in every parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales, according to a survey of more than 13,000 people commissioned by ASH. Support in constituencies ranged from 57 per cent to 74 per cent, says the poll, which was financed by Cancer Research and carried out […]
DDN February 2024
[…] years ago you could spot a drugs conference venue from the large group of smokers outside. The difference is that many of us with a choice are vaping these days. It’s a different story for people who are homeless. The choice may have been offered briefly during COVID to keep people indoors in emergency […]
SASSI Direct UK
[…] those problems. There is an adult version and an adolescent version, it focuses on all types of addiction including; alcohol, illicit drugs, problematic drinking, prescription drugs and vaping, and does not rely exclusively on self-reporting to make the identification. SASSI Direct Ltd offers two-day CPD accredited courses (13 CPD points) in its administration, scoring, […]
DDN Wider Health
[…] new section. It contains articles published in our monthly DDN magazine, alongside reports, research and contributions that add to our knowledge bank looking at lung health, smoking, vaping, tobacco harm reduction and safer nicotine products. We have also produced a special supplement on End of Life Care for Manchester Metropolitan University and our own […]
A chance to breathe: the case for e-cigarettes
[…] at the Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw in June – and had my eyes firmly opened. I got chatting to two people, both of whom were vaping. Eric, now in his late 60s, explained that he was a retired teacher and had smoked since he was 16 years old. He had tried everything […]
Lack of funding certainty putting stop smoking services at risk
The lack of certainty around long-term funding for stop smoking initiatives is putting services at risk, warns a new report from ASH and Cancer Research UK. Tobacco control was rated as a ‘high or above-average’ priority in almost 90 per cent of councils – up from just over 60 per cent last year, and the highest […]
DDN November 2024
[…] did we actually leave the old harm reduction v abstinence debate behind – or just go via recovery to change the language? Other things changed a lot. Vaping was emerging as a novelty but the idea that it could overtake smoking (p6) was outlandish. Feedback often came by letter and we eagerly anticipated the […]
More than 60 per cent of people dying a drug-related death in Scotland lived...
Sixty-three per cent of people who died a drug-related death in Scotland lived alone ‘all of the time’, according to new analysis by Public Health Scotland (PHS). The agency has published a review of the circumstances of everyone who experienced a drug-related death in the country in 2019 and 2020. Just under half of the […]
Social workers should be promoting tobacco harm reduction
Social workers should be given the tools to promote tobacco harm reduction as they’re often the ‘initial, and in some cases, only’ point of contact with a range of marginalised communities, says a new briefing paper from the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). Social workers can have a ‘significant influence’ over people’s wellbeing, […]
Xylazine now in UK drug market, warn King’s College researchersÂ
The powerful non-opioid tranquiliser xylazine has infiltrated the UK’s drug market and is ‘not limited to heroin supplies’, according to a new report by researchers at King’s College London (KCL). The drug, known in the US as ‘tranq’ or ‘tranq dope’ – especially when mixed with fentanyl or heroin – has been associated with dangerous side […]
Before it’s too late
We’ve had more than enough time to prepare for the crisis we’re facing with nitazenes and other synthetic opioids. It’s vital we do the right things now, says Kevin Flemen. We should be very concerned about the issue of high-potency novel opioids. While increased media coverage and the establishment of a ‘cross-government task force on […]
Average potency of cannabis resin in Europe up by 200 per cent in a...
[…] becoming increasingly diverse – as well as potent – the document states, with a ‘range of natural semi-synthetic and synthetic cannabinoids available in many different forms’ including edibles, vaping products, oils and ‘concentrates’. Cannabis represents an ‘attractive market’ for serious and organised crime, the report says. While criminal networks involved in the cannabis market tend […]
Harm reduction flyers on nitazenes
Release, alongside EuroNPUD and other drug treatment service colleagues in the UK, have produced harm reduction advice on nitazenes. There has been an increase of nitazenes detected across the UK drug supply. These substances are a class of synthetic opioids that are believed to be as strong (or stronger) than fentanyl. The 2022 Afghan ban […]
DDN February 2023
[…] an eye-watering level of deception, read about the fight to end the reign of the killer cigarette (p16). Will the combustible cling to power – or will vaping save the day? As always, we want your views! Read the February issue as an online magazine or download the PDF here Claire Brown, editor Please send your […]
Online casino spending highest in deprived areas
[…] with the poorest areas not meeting it until 2044. Among the document’s recommendations are more investment in high-quality support, making prevention ‘part of the NHS’s DNA’, promoting vaping, and increasing the age of sale by one year every year from the age of 18 ‘until no one can buy a tobacco product in this […]
E-cigarettes could be prescribed on NHS
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published updated guidance that could allow e-cigarette products to be prescribed to people who want to stop smoking. Expert reviews from the UK and US have been clear that the regulated e-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking This would mean England becoming the first country in […]
More needs to be done to help vulnerable people quit this Stoptober
[…] been proven to dramatically increase the chances of people quitting successfully. One common misconception surrounding treatment strategies is that e-cigs are as harmful as smoking. However, whilst vaping is not risk free it is far less harmful than smoking. Using nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) or e-cigarettes makes it one and a half times more […]
Face to face
[…] (I’ve certainly had this happen a few times in my home). Then there’s the poor etiquette observed – which has included people lying in bed during training, vaping mid meeting, or forgetting to mute microphones while holding unrelated conversations off camera. We also fail to recognise how off-putting it can be for a trainer/presenter […]
A case for e-cigarettes
[…] burnt. They are used by people who want to stop smoking but who do not want to or cannot stop using nicotine. A visit to e-cigarettes and vaping websites indicates extraordinary testimony of their successful use by long-term smokers. E-cigarettes contain some potentially harmful constituents but at traces very much lower than found in […]
Becoming visible: homelessness
[…] cessation. There were many things that we could do and should be thinking about ‘rather than just getting people on a script’, he said, such as offering vaping pens to replace the ‘crappy roll-ups’ that caused lung disease. With evidence being ignored on many initiatives that would have a positive impact, Stevens concluded that […]
Relax laws on e-cigarettes, urge MPs
[…] call to improve the process to enable e-cigarettes to be licensed as medicines is extremely welcome. E-cigarettes have already helped many smokers to quit, but they could help many more. Licensed products could transform the public’s understanding of e-cigarettes and help many more smokers see vaping as a viable alternative to smoking.’  E-cigarettes report here
Drug and alcohol in the news
Media savvy The news and views from the national media If the Lib Dems have any function now, it’s on issues such as drug decriminalisation, child detention, prison reform, surveillance: civil liberties. With Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour we have a puritanical left where personal freedom is less important than some holier-than-thou posturing. The hair shirt opposite […]