Stories
- Article
Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
- Article
Having children as a fat woman
When she sought fertility advice, and at antenatal appointments, Ellie Levenson found that medics were openly anti-fat. Only years later can she evaluate the true repercussions of their words and actions.
- Article
The sum of my parts
Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Non-smoking in public places: a checklist for action
Date: 1985Reference: SA/ASH/T/2/12Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)Date: 1930s-2002Reference: SA/ASH- Archives and manuscripts
Crofton, J. Masironi, R. Chronic lung disease: The smoking component. A summary of the evidence linking smoking to COPD and suggestions for national and international action in prevention. Final draft, Sept 1988
Date: September 1988Reference: SA/ASH/T/5/51Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Health Education CouncilDate: 1974-1979Reference: SA/HEC/B/24/132Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Books
Smoke-free for health : an action plan to achieve the Health of the nation targets on smoking.
Date: [1994], ©1994