Press Releases

December 1999

21/12/1999 Second Health Court victory over tobacco companies in a week

16/12/1999 Tobacco companies thwarted by Appeal Court but more delay for the ad ban

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

07/12/1999 MPs told 75% of smuggling is due to organised gangs & large scale fraud

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

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

09/11/1999 Chancellor's pledge to give tobacco tax to the NHS will be money well spent

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

07/11/1999 Smuggling increasing: capitulation to organised crime or continue with good health?

October 1999

29/10/1999 High court ruling a disappointment but tobacco advertising will still be banned

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

26/10/1999 Tragedy of needless deaths among young female smokers

14/10/1999 Fall in teen smoking is good news but it's too early to draw conclusions

13/10/1999 Philip Morris 'conversion' 30 years too late

11/10/1999 Tobacco ad ban: new enforcement powers 'give teeth' but transitional delays are 'pointless appeasement'

11/10/1999 WHO appoints outside experts to review alleged tobacco industry attempts to 'undermine' UN-wide tobacco control efforts

07/10/1999 Letter to The FT about pension fund investment in tobacco

September 1999

30/09/1999 Letter to The Independent: FOREST misrepresents the scientific case on passive smoking

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

02/09/1999 Response to letter of Paul Mason, Tobacco Alliance

August 1999

29/08/1999 Letter to the Publican on protection of workers from passive smoking

17/08/1999 New passive smoking study shows alarming stroke risks to non-smokers

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

14/07/1999 Tobacco companies engineer high addiction cigarettes with additives

12/07/1999 Letter to Publican in reply to FOREST letter 12/07/99

June 1999

16/06/1999 WHO experts call for protection for 700 million children exposed to passive smoking

07/06/1999 Letter to Economist about smuggling

07/06/1999 Letter to Campaign about impact of ad ban

07/06/1999 Letter to Independent re tobacco industry response to smoking & impotence report

07/06/1999 Letter to The Publican re. protecting employees from passive smoking

02/06/1999 120,000 UK men impotent due to smoking

May 1999

30/05/1999 Snooker tobacco sponsorship ban delayed

28/05/1999 ASH challenges British Tobacco company for using World Cup cricket to market cigarettes to third world children

24/05/1999 Fire safe cigarettes

24/05/1999 Environmental impact of tobacco

20/05/1999 Letter to Pub Business about FOREST's agressive pro-smoking business cards

18/05/1999 World Bank report urges Government to take strong measures to curb tobacco

12/05/1999 Smoker versus hospital case

11/05/1999 UK Government could be required to recover health care costs from tobacco companies

04/05/1999 Tory U-turn on tobacco tax would spell disaster for public health

April 1999

29/04/1999 BAT-Rothmans sales will kill over a million people per year by 2010: less cancerous cigarettes could make a difference - but regulators should lead

27/04/1999 WHO wants to regulate tobacco like food or drugs: save hundreds of thousands of lives

26/04/1999 Tobacco ad men think smokers are stupid!

25/04/1999 Prince William smokes: but leave him alone & he'll sort it out

08/04/1999 Survey reveals over 3 million non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke at work - new guide aimed at tackling the problem

March 1999

18/03/1999 Why low-tar cigarettes don't work & how the tobacco industry fools the smoking public

16/03/1999 Smoking heart victim: out of court settlement

09/03/1999 Budget tobacco tax: great for health, good for the economy & no cave-in to smugglers

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

03/03/1999 The safer cigarette: what the tobacco industry could do (and why it hasen't done it...)

01/03/1999 Chancellor urged to increase tobacco tax & ignore tobacco industry smokescreen

February 1999

26/02/1999 Tobacco companies escape

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

09/02/1999 Tobacco cases hit by technicality but fight must go on

02/02/1999 Cocaine addicts confuse drug impact of nicotine