Five minutes with: Professor Linda Bauld
Professor Linda Bauld is the Bruce and John Usher Chair of Public Health in the University of Edinburgh, and cancer prevention advisor to Cancer Research […]
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The Vape Debate: Are critiques of flavours just (tobacco-less) smoke and mirrors?
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. A year on […]
Can prediction models reduce racial/ethnic disparities in lung screening eligibility criteria?
Health inequalities are a growing concern worldwide. In this piece, Rebecca Landy and Corey Young from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in the […]
The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries
Deep down every epidemiologist imagines themselves as Sherlock Holmes: equipped with little more than a magnifying glass and a good brain, they dream of becoming […]
Which screening guidelines are woefully inadequate?
Following a high-profile article calling for a change in guidelines to make it easier for African Americans to be eligible for lung cancer screening, Prof […]
Electronic cigarettes really can help you to quit smoking
New evidence shows that electronic cigarettes, when used together with behavioural support, enable substantially more smokers to give up than nicotine replacement treatments accompanied by […]
The importance of understanding and forecasting cancer trends
Nearly 9,000 people are diagnosed with oesophageal cancer (food pipe) each year in the UK and estimates suggest that this type of cancer has become […]