In the UK, smoke-free legislation provides that most workplaces must be smoke free.
Employers should review their policies and practices on a regular basis, to ensure that they are complying with the legislation, including for example in relation to their vehicles and employees who work remotely.
The government's levelling up white paper outlines plans for more investment in weight management services and healthier eating.
Nearly half of smokers have been smoking more since the pandemic began
More than half of adults who are in poor health are current or ex-smokers, according to a report that calls for investment in national information campaigns and smoking cessation services.
More than half of smokers are ‘stress smoking’ or smoking more because of extra strain brought on by the Covid-19...
One in five women and one in eight men screened positive for a possible eating disorder in 2019, recently published...
Urgent action is needed to improve the training about smoking cessation that mental health nurses and psychiatrists receive, a report...
Smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be urged to stop smoking immediately or risk complications if they contract...
Companies in Spain can make wage deductions for employees who take coffee or smoking breaks during working hours, the country’s...
Only a quarter of UK adults make conscious decisions about their health and lifestyle to reduce the risk of developing...
One in three (29%) UK adults faces an increased risk of developing bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver case because they...
The number of people dying of heart and circulatory diseases before the age of 75 has risen for the first...
A former tobacco salesman with inoperable lung cancer is seeking compensation from his former employer after he was given hundreds...
Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that only one in 10 people will smoke in five years’ time, as the...
Business in the Community (BITC) and Public Health England have published a toolkit to help employers support their staff in...
A Japanese-based firm recently granted its non-smoking employees additional holiday. Should UK employers follow suit by considering introducing such a...
