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Time to create a smokefree generation without delay
Health campaigners and smoking survivors plea to new Government Smoking survivors and campaigners from the North East will be in Parliament today to call on the new Government to commit to creating a smokefree generation without delay. It comes more than a year since the previous Government announced plans to raise the age of sale […]
Read moreBalance unveils Blueprint to Reduce Alcohol Harm
Today, Balance launches “Reducing Alcohol Harm”, a ground-breaking blueprint calling for urgent national action to tackle the significant impact of alcohol on health, social care, crime, disorder, workplaces, and the economy. It comes as new research finds 82% of North East adults consider alcohol to be a problem both regionally and nationally. This new document […]
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