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Editorial: Transgender bullying must be tackled

SCOTLAND has travelled some distance in recent years in recognising the problem of transgender bullying that some young people face. Even a decade ago and certainly in the 1990s and 1980s, such targeting of vulnerable and isolated minorities was given scant regard in public discourse.

Balance needed when tackling the harm caused by alcohol

WHEN the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control came into force in 2005, it was a watershed moment for public health as the first international effort to tackle the cause of an avoidable chronic disease. The aim of the treaty, which was one of the most quickly ratified in UN history, is to protect "present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke".