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Stoptober launches to give smokers the confidence to quit
Smoking remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England | Department of Health and Social Care and Dr Caroline Johnson MP, UK
New support for victims of county lines exploitation
Hundreds more victims expected to be helped through funding of support services to 2025 | Home Office, UK
Alcohol duty: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng scraps planned increase
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped planned increases in the tax paid on beer, wine, spirits and cider | BBC, UK
'Labour won't let you legalise drugs', Keir Starmer's frontbench tells Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan has been told he would not be allowed to legalise drugs in London under a Labour government | LBC, UK
Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions
The impact of policing practices on the engagement of people who use drugs (PWUD) with harm reduction services is well evidenced. Although the police have traditionally taken an enforcement role in responding to drug use, it is increasingly clear that they can play an important part in multiagency delivery of harm reduction interventions. Despite this, there have been no studies exploring police officer perceptions of drug checking services (DCS), which provide analytical testing of client drug samples alongside harm reduction support and advice | Harm Reduction Journal, UK
Thousands walk to change perceptions of drug and alcohol recovery
Around 4000 people have taken part in one of the biggest alcohol and drugs Recovery Walk events in recent years | STV, UK
Vaping products - tightening rules on advertising and promoting: consultation analysis
EKOS was commissioned to undertake an independent analysis of responses to tightening rules on advertising and vaping products. The report presents the findings from the public consultation and explains the methodology that was used to analyse responses | Scottish Government, UK
National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times
During the quarter, 11,316 referrals were made to community-based specialist drug and alcohol treatment services: 6,330 (56%) were for problematic use of alcohol, 3,786 (33%) for problematic use of drugs, and 1,200 (11%) for both alcohol and drugs (co-dependency) | Public Health Scotland, UK
Interim monitoring report on statutory funded residential rehabilitation placements
This is the fourth report on Residential Rehabilitation within the Monitoring and Evaluation Programme led by Public Health Scotland. The report presents information on the number of Alcohol and Drug Partnership statutory funded placements into residential rehabilitation, with estimated costs, that were approved between 01 April 2021 and 30 June 2022 | Public Health Scotland, UK
‘It’s a crutch’: A qualitative exploration of UK police employees’ experiences of at-risk alcohol consumption or abstinence
One-third of UK police employees drink to at-risk levels, with both at-risk drinking and abstinence being associated with poor mental health. This research aimed to qualitatively explore police employees’ experiences of at-risk alcohol use or abstinence, their motivations for drinking/abstaining, and the organizational culture of drinking | Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, UK
Collective failure in substance misuse care, report finds
People experiencing mental ill health along with substance misuse problems are being failed by support services across Scotland, a report has found | BBC, UK
Pioneering Middlesbrough heroin addiction clinic to close
A ground-breaking clinic for people tackling heroin addiction is set to close because funding has run out | BBC, UK
Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update
The final annual update in the current series of evidence reviews about the health harms of vaping, by leading independent tobacco experts | OHID, UK
Switch from smoking to vaping cuts health risks substantially, report finds
Vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, according to a major review of nicotine products, but action is needed to tackle the sharp rise in e-cigarette use among children | Guardian, UK
Stoptober is back!
Whether you want to start breathing easier, feel the energy boost or even have a little more money to spend, there has never been a better time to stop smoking. Remember, it's never too late to join the thousands of people quitting smoking this October | NHS, UK