@who.int has reported that loneliness causes ∼871,000 deaths annually worldwide & affects 1 in 6 people.
This new letter draws attention to two reports that provide a blueprint for implementing social prescribing in Australia.
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This new WA study found that while most adults agree climate change is happening, less than half thought it would impact their health in the next decade.
The authors say target communications are needed to bridge the knowledge gap.
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Laura Hunter from the Australian Council on Smoking & Health (ACOSH) spoke to ABC Radio National a day after the program featured a spokesperson for Big Tobacco.
There's a lesson here — get serious on crime, and ignore the industry spin from Big Tobacco.
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month is held every June to raise awareness of Australia's second deadliest cancer.
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When governments get serious about tackling the criminal illicit tobacco trade the overall smoking rate goes down.
That's the story from SA where the government has increased enforcement of illicit tobacco driving down smoking rates.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...