Newsroom Special - Brits unaware of environmental impact of inhalers

    Newsroom Specials

    Tuesday, 18 June 2019 - 6 minutes

    There are 5.4 million people with asthma in the UK, which means asthma affects one in five households. New market research conducted by GSK, has found that one quarter (25%) of those surveyed do not know that inhalers produce greenhouse gases, despite 1 in 5 (22%) considering greenhouse gases and global warming the most concerning environment issues of today.

    To tell us more and to share her own experience of competing at the highest level with asthma we were joined by Olympic champion and British former competitive swimmer, Rebecca Adlington.

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