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World Lymphoma Awareness Day

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Published at 14 September, 2020 08:00.

WLAD is on 15th Lymphoma is the UK’s fifth most common cancer, but do you know the symptoms?

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Blood Pressure Awareness Week

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Published at 07 September, 2020 11:05.

This week is know your numbers week, here at Yorkshire Smokefree we are onboard with testing our blood pressure and making sure we take the right steps to reach and maintain a healthy blood pressure.

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Vascular Disease Awareness Month

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Published at 01 September, 2020 12:00.

With the current global pandemic, vascular disease is something that everyone needs to be more aware of, mainly due to the fact that intravascular clotting, a disorder in which the proteins that control blood clotting become overactive, is a major complication of COVID-19 and presages a bad outcome.

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Fire Risk To Emollient Cream Users

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Published at 20 August, 2020 09:53.

Emollient skin products are widely prescribed and dispensed for various skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, bed sores and ulcers.

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Coronavirus: One Million Smokers Quit

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Published at 16 July, 2020 16:46.

This week it has been widely reported that one million smokers within the UK have been inspired to quit the habit for good since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The highest number of quitters in the last ten years according to the charity ASH (Action on Smoking and Health).

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The Links Between Smoking and Anxiety

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Published at 10 July, 2020 16:26.

Smoking and anxiety are inextricably linked, with many smokers believing that cigarettes make them feel calm during high-stress moments. They are also commonly used as an addictive crutch to provide a quick fix for feelings of anxiety and panic.

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Pride Month - June 2020

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Published at 09 June, 2020 14:00.

A recent study was undertaken by Public Health England in 2016 and discovered that people within the LGBTQIA+ community are significantly more likely to start smoking earlier and heavier!

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Step Up 30 - Bowel Cancer Awareness

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Published at 08 June, 2020 14:28.

Awareness and funding for bowel cancer is vitally important because it is widely known that every 15 minutes another patient is sadly diagnosed with bowel cancer, well over 42,000 people every year. A mind-boggling 7% of those cases are directly linked to regular, long term and frequent smoking habits, the number of severely affected patients increases depending on how many cigarettes are smoked per day.

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