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Press Releases Broken down by category
- ASH policy agenda
- Cessation policy
- Advertising and sponsorship
- Taxation
- Smuggling
- Passive smoking
- Smoking and health
- International resources
- Industry conduct
- Product regulation
- Smoking in the workplace
- Smoking in public places
- Youth Smoking
Press Releases by date
December 1997
20/12/1997 ASH letter to Spanish Health Minister re Spanish position on tobacco ads in EU
16/12/1997 Ads show truth about smoking
15/12/1997 Nicotine inhaler should be available on the NHS
04/12/1997 ASH condemns Spanish 11th hour U-turn on tobacco ad directive
02/12/1997 Unrepentant BAT offers two fingers to EU in massive new formula 1 tobacco deal
November 1997
26/11/1997 ASH welcomes proposal to raise legal age for purchasing tobacco from 16 to 18
25/11/1997 Blair on Tobacco: judgement day 4th December
20/11/1997 Tobacco & formula 1: hole in the Government case
14/11/1997 ASH pushes for new momentum on tobacco advertising
05/11/1997 Tobacco bully-boy tactics force Government to weaken commitment to ad ban
04/11/1997 Smoke free bars still make money in the US - why not here?
October 1997
24/10/1997 Philip Morris gadget breaks the Marlboro myth
17/10/1997 New evidence on risks of passive smoking
17/10/1997 Passive smoking: summary of new findings from California EPA report
17/10/1997 Health effects of environmental tobacco smoke
16/10/1997 Former Health Minister Kenneth Clarke joins BAT Board - shame on him says ASH
15/10/1997 Four changes to the legal system that would bring justice for victims of tobacco
10/10/1997 Parents' smoking causes lung illness in children - new evidence of link
September 1997
11/09/1997 Four changes to the legal system that would bring justice for victims of tobacco
11/09/1997 Public support for tobacco ad ban signals need for strong Government action
August 1997
19/08/1997 World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing.
July 1997
14/07/1997 Government means business on smoking policy
12/07/1997 Good news that government is considering raising smoking age to 18
10/07/1997 'War on smoking' starts Monday
02/07/1997 ASH welcomes cigarette tax hike
01/07/1997 Public versus private statements by tobacco companies
01/07/1997 UK litigation - victims say they were deceived
June 1997
21/06/1997 Press background: summary of the US settlement
21/06/1997 Tobacco deal in the US - the beginning of the end for Big Tobacco?
18/06/1997 Press briefing: US tobacco settlement - what would it mean for the UK
16/06/1997 Green campaigner & marketing specialist takes charge at ASH
May 1997
19/05/1997 Ban on tobacco sponsorship is wonderful news
April 1997
17/04/1997 Cut-price mailorder cigarettes found to be illegal
16/04/1997 Win for mail order cigarettes could spell disaster for health & wealth of UK
14/04/1997 ASH welcomes Queen's ban on tobacco advertising
March 1997
21/03/1997 At last the tobacco industry admit that nicotine is addictive
14/03/1997 ASH welcomes Mississippi decision
