ASH Political Bulletin
The ASH Political Bulletin is a brief newsletter sent to MPs, Lords, opinion-formers and decision makers to keep them informed on developments in the campaign for smokefree public places and other areas of ASH’s work.
Political Bulletin: Issue 9
In this issue: Tobacco’s long hot summer; the case for plain packaging; the sweet smell of success; sign EDM 1835 and protect young people
Political Bulletin: Issue 8
In this issue: A new agenda for tobacco control; Are voters sick of tobacco control?; Stop selling cigarettes to school children; APPG on Smoking & Health: A New Strategy for Tobacco Control
Political Bulletin: Issue 7
In this issue: Health Act 2006: Government Publishes Draft Smokefree Regulations; Major Online Mapping Project Shows “Iron Chain” Between Smoking and Deprivation; Fire Safer Cigarettes; Scotland Successfully Implements Smokefree Legislation; Why We Need to Evaluate Smokefree Legislation; National Assembly Sets Up Wales Smokefree Website; Study Shows Fall in Heart Attacks After Italian Smoking Ban; Introduction of Picture Warnings on Tobacco Packs
Political Bulletin: Issue 6
Special Issue: Health Bill Smokefree Workplaces & Public Places
In this issue: The Incredible Vanishing Consultation; Pubs Exemption Would Worsen Health Inequalities; What a Weird Bill!; The Labour Manifesto: Health and Safety of Workers?; Health and Safety Commission Backed Comprehensive Smokefree Law; Local Councils Would Find Pubs and Clubs Exemptions Tough and Expensive to Enforce; Northern Ireland Goes Smokefree; Tobacco Lobbyists Get it Wrong (Again); Legal Challenges to Smokefree Exemptions; National Assembly for Wales Wants to Go Totally Smokefree
Political Bulletin: Issue 5
In this issue: Department of Health Consults on Smoking Section of Health Improvement Bill; Cancer Map of the UK; Smokefree Bill goes Before Lords; Trade Unions Backing Smokefree Law; Three Nations Go Smokefree; New Survey Shows Increasing Support For Smoking Restrictions; BAT - In Their Own Words; Too Many Councils Not Acting on Smoking and the Community; Royal College Publishes Major Report on Smokefree Places; New ASH Map Showing Social Deprivation and Smoking Deprivation
Political Bulletin: Issue 4
In this issue: The White Paper; Scotland Takes the High Road; Liverpool’s Smokefree Promise; Liverpool’s Smokefree Bid Rejected by Ministers; Health Trust Asks Patients Not to Smoke at Home; The SCOTH Report 2004; ASH Case Studies; Smoking Celebrities; Wales Granted Powers to Implement Smoking Ban
Political Bulletin: Issue 3
In this issue: Pub Trade Splits Over Last Try to Stave Off Anti-Smoking Law; SmokeFree Liverpool; European Law on Tobacco Products “Contradictory and Illogical” ASH Warns; Imperial Coughs to Breach of Ad; Smoking at Work; Young people and Smoking; Doctors’ Study Produces Final Results after Fifty Years; Smoking and Councils: The Definitive Guide to Local Action
Political Bulletin: Issue 2
In this issue: What can your government do for you? The real cost of the voluntary approach; World No Tobacco Day 2004; Like a BAT out of Hell; Public support for workplace smoking ban; Letter to The Publican, May 2004; On the Edge; Local Authority Pack; The Irish Smoking Ban
Political Bulletin: Issue 1
In this issue: Secondhand Smoke Linked to Lung Disease in Young People; Labour Suggests Local Councils May Be Given New Powers On Secondhand Smoke; ASH & Thompsons Warn Hospitality Trade of Legal Threat over Secondhand Smoke; Smoking and Health: All Party Group AGM
