Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240704 : vimarsana.com

BBCNEWS BBC July 4, 2024

Of young people around the world like coco. Its illegal to sell it to under 18s but she tells me that never stopped her or her friends. The older kids sell to the younger kids and lots of shops dont check id. You can just walk in there, you can even go in your uniform and theyll sell it to you. Were coming up here to the other vape shop, whichever gate the kids come out, theres a vape shop. Theres one just here. Like many mothers, Marnie Wilton is worried about how prevalent vaping has become. And this is the primary school, 60 metres away. She said new regulations which include keeping any new vape shops more than 900 feet from schools, failed to address the problem. Absolutely does not go far enough to help our children. The laws that the government announced, the new laws, do nothing to affect existing stores that are already built. Only a few weeks before the new rules were due to come into effect, another vape shop opened near local school. Parents took to the streets saying their children being protected. Pineapple ice is not targeting a person whos been smoking for 30 years. Vaughan couillault has witnessed first hand how schools have become the epicentre of vaping. A lot of which, he says, is targeted at youngsters. From a Product Marketing and trying to capture your market perspective, some genius work has gone on, but its not helping young people. It might be helping people get off smoking all good, carry on with that. But theres far too many young people that never would have even picked up or even thought about picking up a cigarette that have got two or three vapes in different pockets and different jackets. And thats just not cool. Neighbouring australia has taken a hardline approach, banning recreational vaping. Ben youdan says that new zealand, like the uk, is aiming for a more holistic method. Theres no doubt that our Smoking Rates have benefited hugely from Tens Of Thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. Weve seen Smoking Rates drop a third here. We need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. Are you experimenting . How do you resist experimenting . What are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it . And then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. Its a tough balance to strike. Vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news. That is the view from australia but now to news in the uk. Lets get more now on the news that messages encouraging smokers to quit could be added to the inside of Cigarette Packs under Draft Proposals being considered by the uk government. Warnings have been printed on the outside of boxes for 50 years but now ministers will consult on plans to go further. Deborah arnott is Chief Executive of Action On Smoking And Health a Public Health charity set up by the Royal College of physicians to end the harm caused by tobacco. Thank you forjoining us. First of all, your reaction to the latest consultation . We all, your reaction to the latest consultation . All, your reaction to the latest consultation . ~. ,. , consultation . We have been calling for Ack Consultation . We have been calling for pack inserts consultation . We have been calling for pack inserts to consultation . We have been calling for pack inserts to carry consultation . We have been calling for pack inserts to carry positive for pack inserts to carry positive messages about how to quit for almost as long as its been happening in canada and that started in 2000 so we are really pleased the government is consulting on this and that will go ahead, i am sure but it is only one step towards a smoke free 2030 which is the government ambition and we are way off track to getting there, it will be at least nine years later and maybe longer so we need other things and canada which had pack inserts into thiess and, last week announced its regulations to put warnings on cigarettes so we want to see that as well. We also want to see more investment in stop Smoking Services that help smokers quit. The funding has been cut by 45 since 2015 in real terms and that means not all smokers will have access to the best available help to quit because stop Smoking Services can increase your chance of success threefold. So theres lots of other things that need to happen. We need to seek mass media Behaviour Change campaigns that are used to see a decade or more ago. Funding for those has been cut by over 90 . We need more enforcement, government announced an extra 3 million for enforcement especially on vaping but Trading Standards have had staffing cut by more than 50 in recent years so theres a lot of other things government needs to do. This is a positive step forward and we really support the government doing it but they need to do more. Support the government doing it but they need to do more. Some may argue there are already they need to do more. Some may argue there are already these they need to do more. Some may argue there are already these horrific there are already these horrific pictures on the front of Cigarette Packets come up seen the number of smokers in the uk, at the lowest on record. Isnt enough already being done and ascended up to people now to make their own informed decision as to whether or not they want to smoke or not . As to whether or not they want to smoke or not . ,. ,. ,. , ~ smoke or not . This idea that smoking is a Lifestyle Smoke or not . This idea that smoking is a Lifestyle Choice smoke or not . This idea that smoking is a Lifestyle Choice and smoke or not . This idea that smoking is a Lifestyle Choice and people smoke or not . This idea that smoking is a Lifestyle Choice and people can. Is a Lifestyle Choice and people can make informed decisions as one in which the Tobacco Industry puts forward but they know themselves actually it is highly addictive and it is an addictive of childhood, most people start smoking as children. I mean, Smoking Rates have gone down and theyve gone down significantly but its not been because of information. In 1982 when we first started monitoring childrens Smoking Rates in england, 19 of children, nearly one in five aged 11 15 smoked, 2000 it was still 19 , its now 3 but thats because banning smoking in public places, banning smoking in public places, banning Advertising Promotion and sponsorship, because of the stop Smoking Services, because of all these other graphic warnings on the outside of the packs which can be enhanced by having the help to quit on the inside. You know, there are so many Different Things can be done and they are all part of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control features a comprehensive strategy to drive down smoking which now covers 90 of the world population, 182 countries. And its really important because at the moment, 80 of smokers live in low and middle Income Countries and many of them have not implemented all the measures they need and the problem is about stopping people from starting because the average age in africa for example, the median age is 18, in the uk it is a0 so theres things that need to be done in the uk but also things that need to be done worldwide to tackle smoking. Very interesting, deborah, thank you so much. Nhs england is set to change its cancer waiting time targets which have often been missed in recent years. Its thought nine Performance Standards will be reduced to three, with the aim Of Making Diagnosis and treatment timelines easier. Richard davidson is the Chief Executive of Cancer Charity sarcoma uk hejoins me now. Thank you forjoining us. Your response to these proposed changes. I think more must be done to reduce Waiting Times and most of the targets as you say have been routinely missed over the last few years so i think anything that focuses nhs england attention on targets that will benefit Patient Outcomes are to be welcomed. So we welcome those changes. Isnt outcomes are to be welcomed. So we welcome those changes. Welcome those changes. Isnt this a failure in a welcome those changes. Isnt this a failure in a way, welcome those changes. Isnt this a failure in a way, when welcome those changes. Isnt this a failure in a way, when weve welcome those changes. Isnt this a failure in a way, when weve seen. Failure in a way, when weve seen these Waiting Times being missed time and time again . Yes. These Waiting Times being missed time and time again . These Waiting Times being missed time and time again . Yes, i think more must time and time again . Yes, i think more must be time and time again . Yes, i think more must be done, time and time again . Yes, i think more must be done, the time and time again . Yes, i think more must be done, the prime i more must be done, the Prime Minister made cutting Waiting Times one of his key priorities which i welcome and that aspiring these changes have come about but we need to focus attention on things that matter the most which is getting patients, Sarcoma Patients and other Cancer Patients diagnosed as quickly as possible and that is why hopefully focusing attention on fewer targets will hopefully mean thatis fewer targets will hopefully mean that is more likely to happen. Because patients are worried and concerned and they need the sarcoma, the cancer diagnosed as quickly as possible so hopefully these changes will help result in that. More widel , will help result in that. More widely. What will help result in that. More widely, what are we will help result in that. More widely, what are we seeing i will help result in that. More| widely, what are we seeing in will help result in that. More widely, what are we seeing in terms of Cancer Outcomes in england at the moment . I of Cancer Outcomes in england at the moment . ~. , moment . I think we lag behind in terms of cancer moment . I think we lag behind in terms of Cancer Outcomes moment . I think we lag behind in terms of Cancer Outcomes in moment . I think we lag behind in terms of Cancer Outcomes in this | terms of Cancer Outcomes in this country compared to other countries and that is a problem with diagnosis but also treatment, investment in Cancer Services. We were expecting the major condition strategy today. It is not quite what we wanted, we wanted a longer term plan to be focused on cancer specifically, we wanted it to be ambitious and fully funded and incorporate use and input from the Cancer Community but most especially patients but cutting these targets, i think, is a positive thing but it needs to be donein positive thing but it needs to be done in the round and we need investment across the board in terms of Cancer Services because much too often, cancer is left behind and particularly those rare cancers such as sarcoma. We do a National Sarcoma survey every five years and the last one showed almost one in three Sarcoma Patients waited over six months to be diagnosed on visiting a Health Care Professional with symptoms. Thats not good enough and does not compare well with other country so we need investment and we need a focus for the nhs but we need investment across the board including in workforce and up to date machinery. Including in workforce and uptodate machinery. Including in workforce and utodate machine. ,. , ~ uptodate machinery. Richard, thank ou so uptodate machinery. Richard, thank you so much the government has defended its treatment of Asylum Seekers after questions were raised about when ministers knew about the presence of legionella on the Bibby Stolkholm barge. The Prime Minister rishi sunak remains under pressure over his stop the boats pledge after six migrants drowned while attempting to cross the channel over the weekend. The Home Office Figures show more than 500 people were detained or rescued trying to reach the uk from france on saturday. This report from nickjohnson. Stopping the boats. One of rishi sunak� s key priorities. But this weekend, the boats kept coming. More than 500 people crossed the channel on saturday, despite the death of six afghan men after their inflatable capsized off the french coast. And who knows who they are . Six that died. Im talking about. How long will it take that message to get back to get back to afghanistan . Are they men who supported the British Forces on operations during the War In Afghanistan . And is that why theyve had to flee the taliban . All those thoughts, of course, go through your mind. The warmer, calmer Weather Forecast over the coming days means crossings are set to continue, as does the likelihood of further tragedy. Unfortunately, it was going to happen some time and well have another one before long. All the time people are trying to cross the channel in these boats, which are not designed for the purpose. Then unfortunately things will go wrong. The labour party says people smugglers are running rings around the government. The government says increased patrols on French Beaches has meant fewer people are making the crossing. Further round the coast, the spotlight lingers on the governments migration policy. Asylum seekers who were aboard the Bibby Stockholm Barge In Dorset remain in alternative accommodation following the detection of Legionella Bacteria on the vessel. Dorset council now claims it told a Home Office Official about the results three days before migrants were brought back ashore. Government sources have previously said they knew of the results fewer than two days prior. Whether it be the number of Asylum Seekers crossing the channel or the conditions in which theyre housed when they arrive, politically, the forecast is choppy. Nickjohnson, bbc news. Live now to our Political Correspondent peter saull. Peterjoins us from westminster. We have seen migrants being removed from the barge but what are the plans to return them . From the barge but what are the plans to return them . Yes, not for several weeks. Plans to return them . Yes, not for severalweeks, i plans to return them . Yes, not for severalweeks, i am plans to return them . Yes, not for several weeks, i am told plans to return them . Yes, not for several weeks, i am told but plans to return them . Yes, not for several weeks, i am told but therej several weeks, i am told but there has been not necessarily a row but a difference in perception as to who is responsible for the issues to do with legionella on board the bibby stockholm. They were eventually some migrants moved on board last monday that followed weeks of delays really, the political pressure on the government to get that up and running. They got them on there but the local council, dorset council, told the contractor responsible for that vessel that there was legionella in the water supply. It took four days for those migrants to eventually be moved. In the meantime, the council says it told the home office on tuesday about the Legionella Problem. The home office says actually that was a Junior Member of staff who just happened to be on a call and they didnt get official notification until the wednesday. In the meantime, tests were being carried out by the uk Health Security agency, the home office saying they were the ones ultimately responsible and they didnt change their guidance as regards the potential risk of legionella until late on thursday evening so it wasnt until friday the migrants removed but this really is the flagship, as it were, of the policy the government has been trying to push to move people from hotels and into accommodation deemed less comfortable, really. And regardless of who is responsible for the Legionella Problem it feeds the perception that the government is pretty

© 2025 Vimarsana