ASH Daily News for 10/10/2000
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ASH & The Cancer Research Campaign launch new report
Virgin trains to scrap smoking compartments
Review of http://www.ash.org.uk
Non-smoking areas in pubs grow
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ASH & The Cancer Research Campaign launch new report
BBC Online reports that, 'The tobacco industry has been accused of carrying
out a "sinister and cynical" public relations campaign to encourage
teenagers to smoke. Anti-smoking pressure group Action on Smoking and Health
(ASH) and the Cancer Research Campaign said internal industry documents,
academic research and focus group tests are behind their accusations.'
They have suggested that while companies publicly say they are against
teenage smoking they are privately taking action to encourage young people
to take up the habit. But the tobacco industry has hit back saying that it
does not target teenagers in any way and accusing the groups of making wild
accusations.
Professor Gordon McVie, director general of the CRC, said: "Anyone whose job
in life is promoting cigarettes should never be allowed near teenagers. You
just can't trust them with truth and you can't trust them with young
people."
Clive Bates, of ASH, said: "When you look at what they say privately and
compare it to their public posturing the whole idea that tobacco companies
might be working against teenage smoking is revealed as sinister
self-serving public relations."
He added: "It's blatantly obvious they want to associate the anti-smoking
message with parents, teachers and other boring representatives of adult
authority but reserve the people that make a difference like racing drivers
and other celebrities for promoting smoking."
Source: BBC Online, ASH / The Cancer Research Campaign Press Release, 10
October 2000
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_964000/964081.stm
Press Release: http://www.ash.org.uk/html/press/001010.html
Report: http://www.ash.org.uk/html/advspo.html
Virgin trains to scrap smoking compartments
Virgin trains in response to customer feedback is to ban the smoking
compartments on all trains from 2002 onwards.
Source: The Guardian, 10 October 2000
Review of http://www.ash.org.uk
The Guardian profiles a series of educational websites. The ASH website,
http://www.ash.org.uk is profiled and receives praise for being informative and
gains four stars out of five.
Source: The Guardian, 10 October
Non-smoking areas in pubs grow
A piece appears in the Morning Advertising that reports that non-smoking
areas are growing.
Heather Temperton, author of a report into smoke free areas is quoted in the
article as saying of her research, "The majority of customers interviewed
thought no-smoking areas were a good idea while they have also proved
popular with the licensees, with all 10 of them deciding to retain the areas
permanently." Clive Bates, of ASH, said that research showed smoke free
areas were good for business.
Source: Morning Advertiser, 5 October 2000
