This post was originally published by The Conversation. Anthropologist and Life of Breath team member Andrew Russell writes: It’s hard to think back to what English pubs and clubs were like before the law about smoke-free public places came into force … Read more…
25 Feb 2017, Durham Grab a coffee and join our PI Prof Jane Macnaughton for an informal Saturday afternoon discussion about the literal and metaphorical invisibility of breathlessness and the implications this has for individuals, healthcare and politics. This talk is part … Read more…
24 Nov 2016, Online Earlier this year the British Lung Foundation published ‘The Battle for Breath’, a rallying call which exposes shocking inequalities and slow progress in tackling lung disease. In response, Life of Breath team members and BLF’s Head of Research, … Read more…
Can e-cigarettes (also called electronic nicotine delivery systems or ENDS) help curb smoking or are they just a smoke screen allowing tobacco companies to keep people addicted to nicotine? And how should global policy makers proceed when uncertainty makes agreement impossible? In … Read more…