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Press Releases in category "Smoking in public places"

June 2008

30/06/2008 First Anniversary of England's smokefree law shows public ready to acccept even stronger tobacco control measures.

November 2007

05/11/2007 Landlord smoke campaign is “silly, pointless and misguided�

August 2007

04/08/2007 Smoking ban: Initial survey reveals high level of compliance and public support.

July 2007

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

May 2007

31/05/2007 New survey shows 1 in 4 will visit pubs more often after smokefree legislation.

March 2007

27/03/2007 Shisha 200 times worse than a cigarette say Middle East experts.

February 2007

14/02/2007 Anniversary of smokefree vote starts countdown for 3.7 million bosses.

14/02/2007 EU Parliament's backtracking on smoking ban undermines smokefree directive proposals.

December 2006

01/12/2006 England to go smokefree on 1 July 2007: truly a time for celebration.

October 2006

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

July 2006

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

17/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Smokefree Regulations

June 2006

07/06/2006 Lords economic report is grossly misleading on secondhand smoke risk.

March 2006

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

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

January 2006

31/01/2006 New poll shows public back Health Select Committee amendment on smokefree law.

11/01/2006 ASH welcomes smoking free vote

10/01/2006 Health Select Committee tables all party comprehensive smoking ban amendment

December 2005

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

28/12/2005 New Years Resolutions

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

November 2005

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

24/11/2005 Government Publishes Smokefree Consultation Four out of Five Back Comprehensive Ban

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

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

05/09/2005 Health inequalities set to worsen as many pubs would drop food for exemption from smokefree law.

August 2005

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

22/08/2005 Overwhelming public support for comprehensive smokefree law: new poll reveals.

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

01/08/2005 Health and Safety Commission backs comprehensive smokefree law.

July 2005

05/07/2005 Too many councils failing smoking challenge.

05/07/2005 New cancer report shows why smokefree law MUST be comprehensive.

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

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

March 2005

30/03/2005 Guernsey to go smoke-free: when will the rest of the UK follow suit?

29/03/2005 One Year After Ireland's Smokefree Law: A Story of Success. Now British Public Demands Action

18/03/2005 Health Organisations back important bid for Smokefree Wales

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

08/03/2005 Tobacco group talks nonsense on secondhand smoke

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

January 2005

24/01/2005 Wetherspoon lead shows Government is lagging behind the demand for smokefree pubs.

10/01/2005 Press conference to launch Wales smoking bill

December 2004

17/12/2004 Wales: Smoking Bill to be introduced in Commons

09/12/2004 Smokefree law unlikely to hurt businesses in New Zealand.

November 2004

16/11/2004 White Paper Smoking Plans: Big step forwards for public health. But Pubs “Bodge” Just Won't Work

15/11/2004 'Voluntary” pubs smoking scheme useless public health campaigners warn

11/11/2004 Health lobby calls on UK Government to follow Scottish smokefree lead

10/11/2004 Scottish Executive announcement on smokefree public places

10/11/2004 Joyous day for Scotland: ASH says it is now time for the rest of the UK to follow suit.

03/11/2004 Media Briefing: Secondhand smoke, Public Health White Paper

October 2004

25/10/2004 No 'British Bodge' on secondhand smoke: Reid warned.

20/10/2004 All Party Group of politicians urges Health Secretary to adopt Irish smokefree model legislation.

08/10/2004 Irish Visit Convinces All Party Group on Need for Smoke-free Law

04/10/2004 MPs on quest to discover secrets of success of Ireland's smokefree law

September 2004

09/09/2004 Pub Trade Splits on Smoking Ban

03/09/2004 Smoke Freedom Toolkit Published: Also Key Figures on Workplace Exposure

July 2004

28/07/2004 Chief Medical Officer gives powerful new evidence on ending workplace smoking

June 2004

30/06/2004 New study shows secondhand smoke heart risk twice previous estimates

11/06/2004 Doctors, Unions, ASH tell Reid: It is time to act on secondhand smoke

04/06/2004 Health campaigners welcome Blair smoking comments

May 2004

28/05/2004 Welcome to Norway: the only thing we smoke here is salmon

17/05/2004 Secondhand smoke major workplace killer: new evidence

April 2004

07/04/2004 Pub trade unity against no-smoking law cracks.

March 2004

09/03/2004 New anti-smoking Bill for Lords

03/03/2004 Cutting smoking top priority for public health

February 2004

25/02/2004 Wanless Report gives powerful backing to case for smokefree law

24/02/2004 New research shows need for action on secondhand smoke

12/02/2004 50th anniversary of government acknowledgment of smoking's link with lung cancer. Now it's time for action on secondhand smoke.

January 2004

12/01/2004 ASH and Thompsons' Tell Employers: Don't Say You Weren't Warned Over Secondhand Smoke

November 2003

25/11/2003 Secondhand Smoke: Time for a Law

October 2003

06/10/2003 Restaurant Trade to Kids: 'Eat and Choke'

September 2003

23/09/2003 Smoke-free successes in North America provide a lesson for the UK

July 2003

03/07/2003 Chief Medical Officer recommends banning smoking in public places: ASH calls on government to act now.

May 2003

29/05/2003 ASH slams Pubs Smoking Charter

23/05/2003 ASH congratulates Government for signing up to taking action on Secondhand Smoke

10/05/2003 Tobacco industry thwarting progress on smoke-free public places

02/05/2003 ASH urges government to eliminate tobacco smoke from workplaces

February 2003

25/02/2003 Smoking bans are good for business. Study shows hospitality industry fears of falls in trade are unfounded.

January 2003

30/01/2003 Ireland bans smoking in all public places

November 2002

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

August 2002

06/08/2002 How Big Tobacco uses and abuses the restaurant trade - new web site: TobaccoScam

May 2002

29/05/2002 Hospitality trade in pocket of tobacco industry.

September 2001

24/09/2001 Official survey shows public want action on passive smoking: government out of step and dithering

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

24/07/2001 30 minutes of passive serious acute impact on blood flow - government dithers over policy - London Assembly to investigate

February 2001

27/02/2001 Cost of dealing with passive smoking proves negligible: study suggests over-hyping by opponents

September 2000

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

August 2000

16/08/2000 FOREST still inhabits flat earth: ASH heaps scorn on tobacco industry passive smoking 'research'

July 2000

20/07/2000 New study: 76% of the North East hospitality trade back smoke free areas

April 2000

06/04/2000 New guide shows 40% increase in pubs offering smoke-free areas

November 1999

23/11/1999 Launch of new report into smokefree-zones in pubs

23/11/1999 Study shows pub takings up by 7% when no-smoking areas introduced

September 1999

14/09/1999 New ASH guide shows non-smoking provision in pubs & restaurants is good for business

17/09/1998 Restaurant association survey based on 'flawed & scaremongering' assumptions

April 1998

01/04/1998 Why low-tar cigarettes don't work & how the tobacco industry fooled the smoking public

November 1997

04/11/1997 Smoke free bars still make money in the US - why not here?