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Press Releases in category "ASH policy agenda"

May 2008

April 2008

25/04/2008 Public demand more Government action to curb smoking

January 2008

22/01/2008 Smoking rates declining but more still needs to be done to drive down rates further.

December 2007

03/12/2007 Four key public health organisations unite to tackle health inequalities.

03/12/2007 ASH welcomes new Cancer Plan's commitment to tackle smoking.

October 2007

11/10/2007 UK tops the latest EU tobacco control league table.

July 2007

01/07/2007 England goes Smokefree Today: A victory for Public Health

May 2007

10/05/2007 Blair: Tobacco campaigners bid fond farewell.

08/05/2007 Smoking in Hollywood movies strongly linked to increase in global youth smoking.

April 2007

26/04/2007 Tobacco giant's 'School of Cool' recruits young smokers

26/04/2007 750,000 die in UK corporate social responsibility scandal

March 2007

04/03/2007 Public demand Chancellor puts up tobacco tax in Budget

December 2006

15/12/2006 Allen Carr's letter to Tony Blair and ASH's response.

05/12/2006 ASH news release 05/12/2006 - Varenicline: guidance for health professionals.

November 2006

16/11/2006 DTI criticised for 'lukewarm' response on RIP cigarettes - has it been nobbled by tobacco industry

October 2006

19/10/2006 New Head of Policy for ASH.

09/10/2006 Major Online Mapping Project Shows 'Iron Chain' Between Smoking and Deprivation

02/10/2006 ASH tells Government raising legal age for buying tobacco is not enough.

July 2006

24/07/2006 Go Smokefree Early: New Advice Site Launched

17/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Smokefree Regulations

03/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Government Moves on Under Age Tobacco Sales: But Getting Adults to Quit Still the Most Important Step

April 2006

27/04/2006 British American Tobacco AGM 2006 Celebrating Exporting Misery to the Poor

March 2006

20/03/2006 Budget 2006 and Smoking: What it Will Say and What it Should Say

February 2006

15/02/2006 SMOKEFREE WINS THE DAY: GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH GAIN FOR THIRTY YEARS

10/02/2006 Health Bill Commons Report Stage Tuesday 14th February 2006 Smoking in Workplaces and Enclosed Public Places

December 2005

30/12/2005 Major new poll shows public support across UK for comprehensive smokefree law

19/12/2005 Health Select Committee Strikes Decisive Blow for Smokefree Legislation

08/12/2005 Raising Smoking Age to 18 “Modestly Useful” - but no Substitute for Comprehensive Workplace Smoking Law

November 2005

25/11/2005 MPs, Trade Bodies, Health Groups, Local Government Unite to Demand Comprehensive Smokefree Law

October 2005

27/10/2005 Pubs Bodge in Smokefree Law 'Disastrous' for Health Equality and Government Alcohol Strategy

26/10/2005 Smokefree Law Coming: But Pub Bodge Cannot Survive

17/10/2005 Great News for Northern Ireland as Smoking Stubbed Out in All Workplaces: Now for England

14/10/2005 Nicotine Replacement Should be Used to Help Smokers Cut Down as Well as Quit: New Guidance

10/10/2005 ASH Media Briefing: Health Improvement and Protection Bill Smoking in Workplaces and Enclosed Public Places

September 2005

26/09/2005 Smokefree legislation ‘It's about health and it's about time' -Labour Party Conference Fringe Meeting

August 2005

31/08/2005 Ken Clarke's BAT Role Makes Him Unfit for Leadership

24/08/2005 Hospitality Trade Warned of Legal Risk from Secondhand Smoke

15/08/2005 MPs Back Comprehensive Smokefree Law, New Survey Reveals

July 2005

29/07/2005 EU-wide tobacco advertising ban jeopardised by threat of non-compliance by Formula One

19/07/2005 Government should back CMO's call to tackle tobacco smuggling and make ALL workplaces smokefree

June 2005

20/06/2005 Government consultation document 'opens door' to ending smoking in all workplaces

17/06/2005 ADVANCE MEDIA BRIEFING: Government Consultation on Smoking in Workplaces

May 2005

17/05/2005 Victory over Smoking Bill in Queen's Speech

13/05/2005 Smokefree law expected in Queen's speech

12/05/2005 BMA survey shows need for government to drop pub exemption from smokefree law

10/05/2005 Wales: Assembly Calls for Powers to End Workplace Smoking

April 2005

29/04/2005 Italy: New Far Right Health Minister Moves Against Smoking Restrictions

28/04/2005 BAT in its own words: Tobacco company papers show truth behind greewash

21/04/2005 Election 2005: Parties disagree over smokefree law

March 2005

09/03/2005 Public Health White Paper Delivery Plan - a step in the right direction

February 2005

24/02/2005 Global Tobacco Treaty to take effect on 27th February.

21/02/2005 Letter Campaign to Support Bid for Smokefree Wales

March 2004

19/03/2004 Tackling smoking key to progress on cutting cancer deaths.

18/03/2004 Fall in smoking is a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to bring smoking rates down further.

February 2004

03/02/2004 Tackling tobacco: key to improving public health

November 2002

20/11/2002 ASH praises Government strategy on health but the battle to curb smoking continues.

06/11/2002 ASH to press for Bill outlawing passive smoking at work

April 2002

17/04/2002 Tobacco: Wanless delivers, Chancellor doesn't

March 2002

15/03/2002 Tobacco ad-ban a near-certainty this year as government backs Lords bill

08/03/2002 Smokers: disillusioned with smoking and over-optimistic about quitting. New survey published in BMJ.

07/03/2002 40 Fatal Years - 5 million dead. The 40th anniversary of the RCP 1962 report Smoking and Health.

February 2002

13/02/2002 MPs condemn government indifference to childminder smoking

05/02/2002 'Defensive and reactionary' Imperial Tobacco face hard questions at AGM

January 2002

18/01/2002 ASH backs Dobson Tobacco Disclosure Bill

09/01/2002 Shock picture cigarette health warnings have ‘amazing impact’ in Canada

December 2001

13/12/2001 New findings: Children are up to 6 times more likely to smoke if they see a lot of smoking on screen. ASH calls for 'smoking' films to get a 15 certificate.

04/12/2001 'If smoking was really dangerous, the Government wouldn't let cigarettes be advertised' say half of UK's smokers

November 2001

24/11/2001 Row at WHO tobacco convention as ‘petulant’ European Union denies it is dragged down by Germany

02/11/2001 On 2 November, the House of Lords debated a Private Member's Bill to ban tobacco advertising. ASH calls for Government to give this Bill the support it needs to become law.

September 2001

04/09/2001 New research shows that smokers are less productive at work. ASH calls for Government to bring in long-delayed guidance on smoking at work.

July 2001

26/07/2001 Government figures show decline in teenage smoking has stalled - ASH points to delays in tobacco policy

May 2001

15/05/2001 EU turns the screw on tobacco: new warnings, gory pictures, ban on 'light' branding, additive disclosure, tar limits

04/05/2001 ASH calls for US to withdraw from tobacco treaty: EU needs to agree a new approach

April 2001

30/04/2001 Tobacco treaty in danger: sell out by the US, EU & Japan feared

March 2001

02/03/2001 Tobacco ad ban: new research shows importance of water-tight laws

September 2000

11/09/2000 'Cynical' tobacco companies use additives to disguise passive smoking hazards

06/09/2000 New progressive proposals on smoking at work: ASH delighted

04/09/2000 Passive smoking at work: make or break for the new legal code

June 2000

15/06/2000 EU ad ban in trouble: UK Government must respond

October 1999

28/10/1999 50 Irish pub staff sue: a timely reminder why the UK needs new guidance on passive smoking at work

August 1999

10/08/1999 Conservative tobacco policy shift is great first step says ASH

July 1999

29/07/1999 Smoking at work code will help 3 million non-smokers fight passive smoking

February 1999

15/02/1999 Citizen Card: good news for retailers but unlikely to reduce teenage smoking

December 1998

10/12/1998 Tobacco White Paper: ASH delighted

June 1998

09/06/1998 NRT: cheap & effective - so make it more readily available

February 1998

05/02/1998 Health Green Paper - sound philosophy must translate into action & money

October 1997

15/10/1997 Four changes to the legal system that would bring justice for victims of tobacco

September 1997

11/09/1997 Four changes to the legal system that would bring justice for victims of tobacco

August 1997

19/08/1997 World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing.

June 1997

21/06/1997 Press background: summary of the US settlement

18/06/1997 Press briefing: US tobacco settlement - what would it mean for the UK