With the development of the nicotine patch in 1992, the national rollout of stop smoking services in 2000, the UK-wide ban of smoking in public places from 2007, and stark picture warnings on cigarette packs in 2008, you might be forgiven for thinking smokers now have access to all the...

This week, journalists formed an orderly queue to talk to the British Heart Foundation about the UK governments' new support for traffic light coloured food labels. In front of camera and behind microphone we welcomed the decision. It's something the charity has spent five years campaigning for because...

Do you remember what you were doing on July 1, 2007? I don't blame you if you don't - it was half a decade ago! Let's see if I can jog your memory.

The Great British Public was enduring one of the wettest summers on record, rain had stopped play...

Shisha smoking through exotic looking waterpipes, has become a common sight in city streets across the UK. Once the preserve of older men in specific community groups it's now become a trendy, multicultural activity popular particularly with students and young people.

University club nights are increasingly featuring shisha tents for...

If you're a smoker it's not something you generally want to publicise around the BHF. The clear links with heart disease mean it's an issue we campaign on regularly and vociferously.

But I don't mind admitting that when I was young and impressionable I once dabbled with tobacco, sneaking...

Imagine your typical primary school classroom. It's probably filled with about 30 kids. Now, can you imagine how many would be overweight or obese?

Well, thanks to the government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), we know that five or six of the kids in your imaginary classroom will probably...

Kissing is something I've been interested in since I was 10 and boys suddenly became appealing, even if they were dancing to Wham! at the annual school disco. But this year I've been more passionate about kissing than ever because I've headed up a campaign calling on government to make...