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“Frightening” new North East campaign highlights how alcohol can cause seven kinds of cancer
People in the North East have been shocked by a new campaign showing how drinking any amount of alcohol can cause seven kinds of cancer.
The new campaign - headed by campaign group Balance and backed by top medic Dr James Crosbie and Gateshead's director of public health Alice Wiseman - aims to get people to think about booze in the same way as cigarettes. And the campaign wants to make sure people realise how having a drink can lead to lethal diseases like bowel and breast cancer.
Young mum Abby Phinn, from South Tyneside, was one to feature in a new campaign video - and told ChronicleLive she had been shocked to discover the connection between alcohol and cancer. She said: "I didn’t know alcohol can cause bowel and breast cancer. I knew it was linked to cancer, just like smoking. That is quite surprising."
Susan Taylor, head of alcohol policy for campaign groups Fresh and Balance - who produced the video - said: “The North East has seen an increase in alcohol related deaths and alcohol is one of the major risk factors which will contribute to the predicted rise in cancers by 2040. A big concern is that it is people aged 45 and over are likely to be drinking the most, at a time when their cancer risk already increases due to age. There’s a worrying information gap when it comes to alcohol and cancer. It is clearly a shock for many people to learn alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer - and especially breast and bowel cancer."
Source: Chronicle Live, 17 February 2023
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Guernsey lags behind as children exposed to secondhand smoke in cars
Alarming statistics show nearly one in ten teenagers are still being exposed to secondhand smoke in cars in Guernsey.
Guernsey lags behind other jurisdictions who have outlawed smoking in vehicles when under-18s are present. Jersey, England and Wales made it illegal in 2015, with Northern Ireland doing so last year.
The Young People’s Survey 2022 asked 1,300 pupils in Years 6, 8 and 10 on topics including drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex and relationships, sport and physical activity participation, food and health, and emotional health.
9% of pupils in Year 8 and Year 10 said that someone in a car smokes when they are in it, while the figure was 6% in Year 6.
Deputy Andy Cameron said: “7% of pupils responded that someone smokes indoors at home in rooms that they use, and 9% of pupils responded that someone smokes in a car when they are in it too, this really needs to be highlighted, I find it hard to believe that this is remotely acceptable.”
Source: Bailiwick Express, 20 February 2023
See also: The Guernsey Young People's Survey 2022
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