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UK news
Risk of lung cancer from radiotherapy doubles for breast cancer patients who smoke
Non-smokers found to have 1% chance of treatment leading to disease compared with between 2% and 6% for smokers | BBC, UK [Original study here]
Chancellor Rachel Reeves considering raising alcohol duty in Budget, reports say
Drink industry bosses have warned against hiking up taxes on beer, wine and spirits | Independent, UK
The power of the pint: is it time to retire one of the world’s biggest beer measures?
A study suggested last week that adopting a two-thirds serve could improve public health. But is the pint really the problem? | Guardian, UK
'The Benaiah centre gave me a future, I couldn't even see past a day'
Cheryl says she was saved at an Aberdeenshire refuge for women with drugs and alcohol addiction | STV News, UK
Government urged to act to protect 'millions trying to battle alcohol' - with one Newcastle mum saying it's time to ban ads
The Government has been urged to act to protect people from alcohol harms | Chronicle Live, UK
Teenagers campaign for vape detectors in schools
A youth group in North Yorkshire is campaigning for vape detectors to be installed in schools, amid a rise in underage vaping | BBC, UK
Recovery Street Film Festival 2024 Award Ceremony & Screening
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:30 - 13:00 BST. Join us in Sheffield for the award ceremony of this year's festival, with a special screening of the shortlisted films and guest speakers | RSFF, UK
Drones delivering drugs is 'major problem' at prison
Drones used to deliver drugs and other illicit items to prisoners have become a "major problem" at a prison in Kent. HM Inspectorate of Prisons also found that rates of self-harm and violence had increased at HMP Swaleside since a previous inspection in 2023, and that serious assaults, particularly on staff, were a "continuing cause for concern" | BBC, UK
Missed drugs test Met officer faces fresh probe
A senior police officer who was sacked for refusing to take a drugs test but reinstated on appeal has been suspended from duty and will face a fresh misconduct hearing | BBC, UK
International news
Europe must continue to lead on harm reduction
Europe has been at the forefront of harm reduction since its inception. These important early steps were in part a response to the dramatically expanding HIV epidemic, and investing in these innovative interventions early and robustly had a transformative effect. This brought about not just pioneering services but also pioneering policy changes. However, while Western Europe and Member States in the European Union often have been at the vanguard of harm reduction innovation..., the situation has been different in the “wider” WHO European region, which also includes Eastern and Southeastern Europe as well as Central Asia | Harm Reduction Journal, UK
Over half of heavy drinkers would change their habits if alcohol had calorie labels
Some 54 per cent of heavier drinkers said in a survey that they would make changes to their drinking habits if calorie labels were introduced | Euronews, UK
Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firms
Exclusive: Speakers and attendees pull out of Economist Impact event over ties to Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco | Guardian, UK
Cocaine discovered in European bodies from 400 years ago in major science breakthrough
The two individuals likely used the substance just before they died, University of Milan researchers said | Independent, UK
Two men plead guilty in death of Cecilia Gentili, New York transgender activist
Michael Kuilan, 44, and Antonio Venti, 52, charged for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed Gentili, 52 | Guardian, UK
Mobile-based tool to address heavy drinking in young adults passes pilot phase
Young adults who drink heavily reported that a specific intervention that provides personalized feedback on daily drinking would be beneficial for people who want to reduce their drinking and would encourage self-reflection among those who are not yet ready to change their drinking habits | Medical Xpress, USA
‘I choose to climb instead of fall’
One woman’s story of opioid use disorder and joining an NIH clinical trial | NIH Medline Plus Magazine, USA
National Cancer Institute Surveys Pain Patients’ Cannabis, Polysubstance Use
Afederal government agency has published a wide-ranging series of scientific reports on marijuana and cancer as part of an effort to better understand “core questions” around patients’ relationship with cannabis—including sourcing, cost, behavioral patterns, patient–provider communications and reasons for use | Filter Magazine, USA
Tucker Carlson plans to start a nicotine-pouch company after deciding Zyn is ‘not a brand for men’
Tucker Carlson, for years, has talked up the Zyn nicotine pouch to whoever would listen. Now, however, he is renouncing the brand and says he plans to launch a competing product called Alp | Fortune, USA
Blogs, comment and opinion
Pink cocaine: the party drug cocktail putting a growing number of lives at risk
A synthetic drug cocktail known as pink cocaine, has rapidly become a major concern in Spain, the UK and beyond. Earlier this month, Spanish authorities carried out their largest ever synthetic drug bust, seizing a large quantity of pink cocaine alongside more than a million ecstasy pills. The operation targeted drug networks across Ibiza and Malaga | Conversation, UK
The Outrun: My real life as an alcoholic, played out on the big screen
A common delusion among the mentally ill is to think they are being played on screen. But for me it is really happening, or I’m pretty sure it is. My memoir of returning to the Orkney islands and recovery from alcoholism has been adapted into a feature film | Guardian, UK
The right calls it the ‘nanny state’ – I call it standing up to rich corporations and protecting people’s health
By targeting junk food and smoking, the government isn’t attacking ‘freedom’. It’s just fulfilling one of its most vital roles | Guardian opinion, UK