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Female Smokers More Likely To Develop Arthritis, Study Suggests

PA | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Smoking just a few cigarettes a day can more than double a woman's risk of rheumatoid arthritis, research has shown. Compared with never-smokers, w...

Five Years of Smokefree but Still Much to be Done

Maura Gillespie | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Maura Gillespie

Stopping smoking in enclosed public spaces, banning cigarette vending machines, hiding tobacco displays in shops and supermarkets; legislation has achieved good things over the last five years. But let's not sing in the rain just yet, we should be striving for an even brighter future.

Glasgow: The Unhealthiest Place In The UK, Says Study

PA | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK

Scotland's biggest city was the unhealthiest place in the UK last year, according to a study. Almost four in 10 Glaswegians were classified as eith...