[News] UK Government launches first Men's Health Strategy

On Nov 19, 2025, the UK Government launched the first Men's Health Strategy for England. The policy paper noted that, over the past decade, healthy life expectancy for men has fallen by 1·5 years and that men in parts of the country with the most poverty die on average 10 years earlier than men in parts with the least poverty. Men are more likely than women to smoke, drink alcohol, or use drugs, and be overweight or have obesity. 19% of deaths in men over 35 years are attributable to smoking, seven percentage points higher than women in the same age group, and 68% of deaths from liver disease are in men.