ASH Daily News for 24/07/2003
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ASH Daily News
24 July 2003
HEADLINES
ASH attacks B&H backed F1 feature
NHS tells patients to change lifestyle
Smoking miner has compensation reduced
Altadis to cut 1,200 jobs in France and Spain
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ASH attacks B&H backed F1 feature
Cigarette giant Gallaher has come under fire from anti-tobacco pressure group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) over a magazine feature that it claims "flouts the spirit of the ban" on tobacco advertising.
ASH is accusing Gallaher of advertising its Benson and Hedges (B&H) brand "by the back door". It sponsored features on last weekend's British Grand Prix, which was won by Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello, in men's magazines Maxim and FHM.
One article, published in the August issue of Dennis Publishing-owned Maxim under the title 'F1 Special in Association with Benson & Hedges Jordan Grand Prix', includes dozens of references to the brand and features more than 40 B&H/Jordan logos.
ASH director Deborah Arnott said the pressure group had drawn the activity to the attention of the Department of Health. "This is tantamount to advertising by the back door," she said. "This loophole needs to be closed as soon as possible."
Full story:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/printfriendly.cfm?id=186131
Source: Marketing
NHS tells patients to change lifestyle
The first official NHS guidance requiring doctors to advise patients to change their lifestyles was published yesterday.
People with chronic heart failure must be told to play their part in managing the disease by giving up smoking, exercising regularly and abstaining or cutting down on alcohol, according to recommendations for treating the condition thought to affect 750,000 people.
The national institute for clinical excellence (Nice), whose remit is limited to England and Wales, went further than any government body so far in suggesting that patients had a responsibility to make lifestyle changes to help health professionals manage progressive diseases.
Its new guidelines, designed to sit alongside professional advice from the royal colleges and other health bodies, represented the heaviest moral pressure yet on patients to use the NHS responsibly.
Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/publichealth/story/0,11098,1004703,00.html
Source: The Guardian, 24 July 2003
Smoking miner has compensation reduced
Former miner Jack Whitmore has had his £31,000 lung damage compensation cut to £3,000 because he is a smoker.
Jack, 71, developed chronic bronchitis after 15 years down in the pits. Jack, of Poole, Dorset, said, “I know my illness is due to mining. The dust was so bad you couldn’t see 2 feet away. But they say each year of smoking is equal to a year of inhaling coal dust.”
The Department of Trade and Industry said a medical board assessed the claim.
Source: The Sun, 24 July 2003
Altadis to cut 1,200 jobs in France and Spain
Altadis, the Franco-Spanish tobacco group, yesterday announced plans to cut more than 1,200 jobs in France and Spain as part of efforts to adjust for difficult market conditions.
It is the third time Altadis has restructured since it was formed by the 1999 merger of the former French and Spanish tobacco monopolies Seita and Tabacalera. But it said the first two shake-ups were planned before the two groups merged. Altadis said the latest cutbacks were aimed at preserving its competitiveness and adapting to shrinking markets by shifting production to fewer factories and generating greater economies of scale.
Full article:
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030724000047
Source: Financial Times, 24 July 2003
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Tel 020 7739 5902 Fax 020 7613 0531
ASH Daily News
24 July 2003
HEADLINES
ASH attacks B&H backed F1 feature
NHS tells patients to change lifestyle
Smoking miner has compensation reduced
Altadis to cut 1,200 jobs in France and Spain
FULL TEXT
ASH attacks B&H backed F1 feature
Cigarette giant Gallaher has come under fire from anti-tobacco pressure group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) over a magazine feature that it claims "flouts the spirit of the ban" on tobacco advertising.
ASH is accusing Gallaher of advertising its Benson and Hedges (B&H) brand "by the back door". It sponsored features on last weekend's British Grand Prix, which was won by Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello, in men's magazines Maxim and FHM.
One article, published in the August issue of Dennis Publishing-owned Maxim under the title 'F1 Special in Association with Benson & Hedges Jordan Grand Prix', includes dozens of references to the brand and features more than 40 B&H/Jordan logos.
ASH director Deborah Arnott said the pressure group had drawn the activity to the attention of the Department of Health. "This is tantamount to advertising by the back door," she said. "This loophole needs to be closed as soon as possible."
Full story:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/printfriendly.cfm?id=186131
Source: Marketing
NHS tells patients to change lifestyle
The first official NHS guidance requiring doctors to advise patients to change their lifestyles was published yesterday.
People with chronic heart failure must be told to play their part in managing the disease by giving up smoking, exercising regularly and abstaining or cutting down on alcohol, according to recommendations for treating the condition thought to affect 750,000 people.
The national institute for clinical excellence (Nice), whose remit is limited to England and Wales, went further than any government body so far in suggesting that patients had a responsibility to make lifestyle changes to help health professionals manage progressive diseases.
Its new guidelines, designed to sit alongside professional advice from the royal colleges and other health bodies, represented the heaviest moral pressure yet on patients to use the NHS responsibly.
Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/publichealth/story/0,11098,1004703,00.html
Source: The Guardian, 24 July 2003
Smoking miner has compensation reduced
Former miner Jack Whitmore has had his £31,000 lung damage compensation cut to £3,000 because he is a smoker.
Jack, 71, developed chronic bronchitis after 15 years down in the pits. Jack, of Poole, Dorset, said, “I know my illness is due to mining. The dust was so bad you couldn’t see 2 feet away. But they say each year of smoking is equal to a year of inhaling coal dust.”
The Department of Trade and Industry said a medical board assessed the claim.
Source: The Sun, 24 July 2003
Altadis to cut 1,200 jobs in France and Spain
Altadis, the Franco-Spanish tobacco group, yesterday announced plans to cut more than 1,200 jobs in France and Spain as part of efforts to adjust for difficult market conditions.
It is the third time Altadis has restructured since it was formed by the 1999 merger of the former French and Spanish tobacco monopolies Seita and Tabacalera. But it said the first two shake-ups were planned before the two groups merged. Altadis said the latest cutbacks were aimed at preserving its competitiveness and adapting to shrinking markets by shifting production to fewer factories and generating greater economies of scale.
Full article:
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030724000047
Source: Financial Times, 24 July 2003
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