![The new look cigarette packets as they might appear if the Lib dem amendment is passed](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7041816_1200-1024x994.jpg)
Smoking
![The new look cigarette packets as they might appear if the Lib dem amendment is passed](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7041816_1200-1024x994.jpg)
![Call to ban smoking in cars with children](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7011154_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Are plain packs the future?](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7004341_1200-2-1024x1024.jpg)
![Electronic cigarettes should have warning labels like real cigarettes say campaigners](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7004650_1200-1024x809.jpg)
![Teenage smoking on the up](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_13342_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Govt hopes to end numbers of children smoking](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_6000188_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Michael Martin, Commons speaker](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_1114_1200-2-1003x1024.jpg)
![MDU logo](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124256_1200-2-1024x506.png)
Speaking at an event today, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the expected arrival of a dual system of regulation at the GMC next year could introduce confusion to an already outdated system of healthcare professional regulation. While speaking at the Westminster Health Forum event today on Next steps for professional healthcare regulation in the UK,… Read more »
![BASC logo](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7033081_1200-19-1024x231.jpg)
Northern Ireland’s shooting and countryside organisations recently met with Police Service of Northern Ireland Firearms and Explosives Branch (PSNI FEB) staff and senior officials from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Belfast. Formed in May 2021, the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG) is an umbrella group which brings together 10 national and local shooting and… Read more »
Latest articles
![Lung cancer warning among new images](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7018889_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Lung cancer warning among new images](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7018889_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
The government wants to shock smokers into quitting by putting graphic pictures of the damage caused by smoking on cigarette packs. From Wednesday picture warnings will begin replacing the written warnings currently on packets in a bid to improve on the 1.9 million fewer smokers seen since 1982. The new images show rotting teeth and… Read more »
![Deprived areas to be targetted](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_287_1200-1024x768.jpg)
![Deprived areas to be targetted](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_287_1200-1024x768.jpg)
The government has launched a new web-based tool to help reduce the life expectancy gap between England’s wealthiest and most deprived areas. Currently the average man in England can expect to live until 76.9 years of age and the average woman 81.1 years. But in the 70 ‘Spearhead’ areas singled out by the government for… Read more »
![Blair calls for targetted help](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_8887_1200-3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Blair calls for targetted help](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_8887_1200-3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Welsh stub it out in public](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7000261_1200-2-1024x1024.jpg)
![Welsh stub it out in public](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7000261_1200-2-1024x1024.jpg)
![Tories to target obesity](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_10502_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Tories to target obesity](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_10502_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![The government is providing £30m to help councils enforce the smoking ban](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_6038_1200-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![The government is providing £30m to help councils enforce the smoking ban](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_6038_1200-1-1024x1024.jpg)