ASH Daily News for 18/12/2000
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ASH Daily News
16-18 December 2000
Headlines
Tobacco companies expect 'Bush Dividend'
'More than 50 percent of people want smoking banned in pubs'
'Smoking can seriously damage your street cred'
'Chinese cigarettes to be sold in UK'
Letters: 'Smacking and smoking'
Profile of Canadian approach to cigarette packs
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Tobacco companies expect 'Bush Dividend'
There is more coverage about how the tobacco industry expects new U.S
President George Bush to 'be a tobacco friendly President in comparison with
his predecessor.'
Source: The Independent, 16 December 2000
'More than 50 percent of people want smoking banned in pubs'
The Daily Star reports that, 'More than 50 per cent of people want smoking
banned in Britain's pubs according to new research published yesterday. And
a massive 87 per cent want smoking restrictions in other public places
according to a report from the Government's Office for National Statistics.'
Source: Daily Star & The Sun, 16 December 2000
'Smoking can seriously damage your street cred'
A columnist (Richard Heller) in the Mail on Sunday states that, 'if anything
could drive me to smoking it would be the new over-the-top European rules on
cigarette packets'. The column carries on in a similar vein for a while.
Source: The Mail on Sunday, 17 December 2000
'Chinese cigarettes to be sold in UK'
The Times reports that, 'Gallaher has signed a deal with China's Shanghai
Tobacco company to distribute Chunghwa cigarette in the UK. The leading
premium brand in China, Chungwa is being targeted at Britain's
500,000-strong China community.'
Source: The Times, 18 December 2000
Letters: 'Smacking and smoking'
Two letters appear in the Independent over the Government's controversial
decision to ignore the consultation of childminders in preference for 'the
Independent poll that found eight out of 10 parents want the right to make
the decision and do not want it made for them by government.' The letter
from, Penelope Leach the President of the National Childminding Association,
argues the decision was wrong because it, 'singles out registered
childminders as somehow less professional than playgroup staff.' Secondly,
the "parental choice" makes easy popular appeal but no real sense.
Registered childminders are not "employed" by parents; they provide a home
based freelance service that parents (and local authorities) purchase.
Furthermore, very few registered childminders care only for children from
one family. If toddler A's family says, "We're fine with you smacking and
smoking" what kind of environment does that make for baby B and six year old
C?'
Margaret Hodge, the Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities, writes
that. 'Some people believe that smacking should be banned.But this is a
decision for parents and not something the Government should impose on them.
'
Source: The Independent, 18 December 2000
Profile of Canadian approach to cigarette packs
The Sunday Telegraph profiles the Canadian approach to cigarette packs with
pictures of smoking damaged parts of the body on. It also discusses the
proposed World Health Organisation framework Convention.
Source: The Sunday Telegraph, 17 December 2000
Karl Brookes
Action on Smoking and Health
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