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Press Releases in category "Cessation policy"

March 2007

14/03/2007 No Smoking Day trigger to quit before the ban. PCTs urged to support Stop Smoking Services.

December 2006

29/12/2006 Hard hitting ads show the reality of nicotine addiction.

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.

March 2006

07/03/2006 Smoking ban will boost smokers' resolve to quit. Don't wait for the ban - do it now!

December 2005

28/12/2005 New Years Resolutions

October 2005

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

December 2004

16/12/2004 UK ratifies global tobacco treaty: now is the time for a long term strategy to cut tobacco use

November 2002

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

April 2002

11/04/2002 NICE guidance gives boost to smoking cessation drugs

10/04/2002 Tobacco tax: 20 health groups call on Brown to put 2p in the pound into helping low-income smokers to quit

March 2002

13/03/2002 No Smoking Day ASH comment - smokers sick of it and wanting to quit. Hints and tips for those that want out...

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

December 2001

31/12/2001 New Years resolutions… a strategy for smokers: “Don’t quit smoking on New Years day” says ASH

13/12/2001 Public health experts challenge ‘myopic’ medicine regulator over nicotine replacement products and smoking

November 2001

15/11/2001 NHS smoking services in danger – careless government may destroy successful public health initiative

07/11/2001 ASH and the British Dental Association join forces to mark Mouth Cancer Awareness Week.

September 2001

26/09/2001 Zyban is an essential aid to stopping smoking: ASH calls on the Committee for the Safety of Medicine to show its support.

10/09/2001 Nicotine vaccine goes on trial - profound development says ASH, if it can be made to work

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

27/07/2001 Smuggling keeps the poor smoking; tobacco companies keep the smugglers busy - comment on study published in BMJ

June 2001

21/06/2001 Quitting smoking made easier as high street pharmacies offer NRT on the NHS

01/06/2001 New guidance will restore confidence & save lives: ASH backs Zyban

March 2001

14/03/2001 NRT on prescription & in more shops: great news for smokers on No Smoking Day

14/03/2001 Harder, deeper, longer: experts warn that cutting down can change the way you smoke

February 2001

27/02/2001 Smoking causes lost recruits during military training: Armed forces join the No-Smoking Day effort

August 2000

02/08/2000 Quitting smoking works. Doll & Peto study in BMJ

July 2000

27/07/2000 NHS to take smoking treatment into the mainstream

24/07/2000 NHS 'could save millions' by tackling smoking

June 2000

26/06/2000 Zyban launch: great for smokers but beware the hype

26/06/2000 New drug promises hope for addicted smokers

11/06/2000 New anti-smoking drug available on the NHS

January 2000

23/01/2000 Genuinely 'less-deadly cigarettes' would help smokers that decide not to quit

December 1999

10/12/1999 Promising start to Government's new mass-media quit campaign

01/12/1999 1.3 million smokers quit for the millennium

November 1999

08/11/1999 Nicotine addiction: time for a reappraisal?

March 1999

07/03/1999 Big week for smoking: The Budget, No Smoking Day & new report - Women have greater emotional bond to cigarettes

September 1998

10/09/1998 Smoking in pregnancy: NHS fails women

June 1998

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

May 1998

06/05/1998 Nicotine works by pain of withdrawal rather than pleasure of reward

December 1997

15/12/1997 Nicotine inhaler should be available on the NHS

July 1997

10/07/1997 'War on smoking' starts Monday