Health news – Page 97
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NewsAsda in foyer booze u-turn as 'rivals fail to follow suit'
Asda has watered down its pledge to stop promoting alcohol in the foyers of its stores…
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NewsRockface gets men multitasking with new shave butter
British male grooming brand Rockface has launched what it claims is the first shaving butter…
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NewsChange4Life healthy food kitemark plan abandoned
NHS chiefs have dropped plans for food products to carry a health kitemark under the government’s Change4Life scheme…
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NewsImperial and JTI slam EU tobacco directive proposals
The UK’s two biggest tobacco manufacturers are backing the campaign to stop the EU Tobacco Products Directive…
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NewsQuality improvements fuel buoyant outlook for e-cigarette market
The UK electronic cigarette market will grow from just £48m last year to £339m by the end of 2015…
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NewsAmir Khan throws his weight behind Protein Milk push
Maxinutrition has signed up former world champion boxer Amir Khan as the face of its ‘Everyday Champions’ campaign…
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NewsDefra green talks left retailers confused
The coalition’s ambition to be the greenest-ever government suffered an embarrassing blow this week…
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NewsResponsibility Deal suffers new blow over alcohol plan
Plans for groundbreaking alcohol education programmes for schoolchildren are hanging in the balance…
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NewsResponsibility Deal hit by public health directors’ walk-out
The future of the government’s Responsibility Deal has been plunged into even further doubt after the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) announced it was pulling out
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NewsMore NGOs planning to turn backs on Responsibility Deal
More NGO members are threatening to walk out on the government’s Responsibility Deal, claiming they are disillusioned…
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NewsMinimum alcohol price evidence 'shot down in flames'
The evidence base for the government’s alcohol minimum unit pricing plans was “shot down in flames” this week…
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NewsHealth minister Soubry rules out 'guilt lanes' crackdown
Anna Soubry has ruled out the prospect of a radical government clampdown on the marketing of HFSS products…
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NewsIs plain packaging to be introduced 'by the back door'?
The European Parliament has moved a step closer to introducing “plain packaging by the back door”…
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NewsResponsibility Deal under fire as more NGOs threaten to pull support
NGOS today announced they were set for urgent talks with Public Health England over the future of public health policy, as other charities threatened to pull their support for the Responsibility Deal.
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NewsFWD urges police to do more to tackle tobacco theft
The FWD is calling on the police to step up their efforts to combat tobacco-related crime against wholesalers…
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NewsLower-alcohol lines booming says DH
Supermarkets and suppliers are on course to smash the government’s target of removing one billion units of alcohol…
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NewsTobacco plain packs scheme put on hold
Tobacco groups and retailers have welcomed the government’s decision to shelve plans to force tobacco into plain packs.
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NewsNow DH planning new code for marketing of HFSS lines
The government has started drawing up plans for a new industry code of practice on the marketing of HFSS products…
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NewsTobacco smuggling in the spotlight as HMRC defends figures
HMRC has admitted it will struggle to meet its targets on recouping lost revenue from tobacco smuggling.
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NewsFDF: Hybrid label could help drive healthier choices
The FDF has issued new policy advice to suppliers considering whether to join the new front-of-pack labelling system…