Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers than smoking, CR_UK has warned
It comes as Public Health England and the Office for National Statistics say future generations will be"smoke free" as the number of smokers has fallen to its lowest level since records began.
There are 5.9 million smokers in England, down by 1.8 million since comparable records began in 2011.The charity has been criticised for its new campaign. Pic: Cancer Research UK The Cancer Research UK analysis used data from 2017 to show there were around 13.4 million non-smoking adults who were obese.The charity is calling on the government to act on its ambition to halve childhood obesity rates by 2030 and introduce a 9pm watershed for junk food adverts on TV and online.
for its new obesity campaign which is a billboard of a cigarette packet bearing the slogan"obesity is a cause of cancer too".Many of the replies to a Cancer Research UK tweet unveiling the image accused the charity of"fat shaming".
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