« UN agencies urge fight against childhood obesity to prevent diabetes | Main | NIEHS to develop new RNAi library to help fight disease »

Britain on Public Health Warpath, Targets Smoking

Fri Nov 12,10:26 AM ET Health - Reuters

By Mike Peacock

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will launch a long-awaited policy paper on public health next week with plans to curb public smoking, tackle obesity and address the way food companies target children through advertising.

A government official said the Public Health White Paper would be published on Tuesday, following hard on the heels of a decision by the Scottish parliament to ban smoking in public buildings from 2006.

Articlel from Health Reuters

The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.