All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health

About the APPG

ASH provides the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health.

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health is a cross-party group of Peers and MPs which was founded in 1976 and is currently chaired by Stephen Williams MP.

The agreed purpose of the APPG is: “To monitor and discuss the health and social effects of smoking; to review potential changes in existing legislation to reduce levels of smoking; to assess the latest medical techniques to assist in smoking cessation; and to act as a resource for the group's members on all issues relating to smoking and public health.”

Documents produces by the APPG in the course of its work (including reports and letters) are available here.

The APPG on Smoking and Health is listed on the official register of All Party Parliamentary Groups. A full list of APPG on Smoking and Health members as at May 2012 is available to download as a pdf here.

Officers of the Group
Chair
Stephen Williams MP (Liberal Democrat) - elected in July 2010. 
Secretary
Bob Blackman MP (Conservative)
Vice Chairs
Kevin Barron MP (Labour)
Baroness Finlay (Cross Bench)
Baroness O’Cathain OBE (Conservative)
Lord Patel (Cross Bench)
Lord Rennard MBE (Liberal Democrat)
John Robertson MP (Labour)

The short URL to access this page is www.ash.org.uk/APPG