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Press Releases in category "Advertising and sponsorship"

May 2007

09/05/2007 BAT admits breach of its marketing code.

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

June 2006

13/06/2006 Advocate General dismisses German challenge to tobacco ad ban: now there is no excuse for law not to be fully implemented across Europe.

August 2005

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

July 2005

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

November 2004

05/11/2004 Humiliating defeat for tobacco industry: High Court rules that ad restrictions at point of sale are lawful.

August 2004

04/08/2004 Imperial Tobacco found guilty of breaching tobacco advertising law.

July 2004

09/07/2004 Hooking them young in Asia: the real reason for BAT's involvement in F1

November 2003

22/11/2003 Warning: Craig David could be bad for your health

21/11/2003 Imperial Tobacco twists and burns

October 2003

03/10/2003 Craig David - Penang's Pied Piper?

September 2003

22/09/2003 Tobacco industry deceit on low tar cigarettes revealed

19/09/2003 Artist protest forces BAT to withdraw sponsorship

10/09/2003 Formula One 'blackmailers' threaten global tobacco treaty

February 2003

13/02/2003 Last day of tobacco ads – “mourn their passing, but remember the dead'...

December 2002

02/12/2002 EU advertising directive has huge loophole - ASH lukewarm

November 2002

17/11/2002 Licensed to kill: James Bond goes back to smoking

October 2002

24/10/2002 Big Health squares up to Big Tobacco, and tells Marlboro Man to butt out of smoking prevention campaigns

22/10/2002 Tobacco advertising ban is a huge victory for public health.

May 2002

31/05/2002 World No Tobacco Day: BAT weasels its way into World Cup. 180 organisation say 'butt out'

23/05/2002 BAT uses World Cup, English Premier League and top British players to promote smoking in third world

March 2002

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

01/03/2002 Tobacco boss says don't smoke - ASH comments

January 2002

18/01/2002 ASH backs Dobson Tobacco Disclosure Bill

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.

10/12/2001 Cigarettes on the internet: a new frontier for Big Tobacco

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

November 2001

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.

01/11/2001 Analyst reveals truth about tobacco companies' international marketing code - it's a sham.

September 2001

09/09/2001 BAT uses covert web site - citygobo.com - to push cigs to clubbers and pub-goers. ASH responds with ‘alternative and truthful’ citygobo2 site

August 2001

15/08/2001 ASH Opinion poll shows ghost of Ecclestone still haunts Labour

July 2001

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

June 2001

20/06/2001 Tobacco Advertising ban U-turn: ASH & senior Labour MP join to condemn Government decision

18/06/2001 Letter to Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health: ASH expresses case for reversing delays to the advertising ban

18/06/2001 Ministers' views on banning tobacco advertising: a selection of quotes showing strong support

17/06/2001 Government reportedly delays advertising ban: reaction from leaders of health & medical organisations

May 2001

30/05/2001 A good start - but could do better: ASH verdict on EU tobacco ad ban

10/05/2001 ASH joins with health groups to call for a new Ad ban in first 30 days of new Labour Government

April 2001

18/04/2001 Why would cigarette firms tell kids not to smoke? ASH exposes the story behind the latest PR smokescreen

March 2001

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

February 2001

27/02/2001 ASH presses British Board of Film Classification to take account of smoking

27/02/2001 Smoking by famous actors influences teenage fans

January 2001

22/01/2001 Ad Bill will save lives, but Flat-Earth Tories ignore evidence & press for more death & disease

December 2000

14/12/2000 Ad Bill published: ASH calls for swift & comprehensive ban to save lives

06/12/2000 Tobacco advertising & promotion bill will save lives

October 2000

10/10/2000 Danger! PR in the playground: new report reveals tobacco giants' sinister strategy on youth smoking

05/10/2000 Tobacco ad ban: industry tactics will be thwarted, but delays cost lives

June 2000

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

May 2000

31/05/2000 FIFA challenged over tobacco sponsorship of of Euro2000 TV coverage

05/05/2000 Tobacco ad ban: legal delays so far will cost over 1,300 lives

December 1999

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

November 1999

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

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

June 1999

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

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

April 1999

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

December 1998

16/12/1998 Advertising judicial review: no surprises, just more time wasting

September 1998

22/09/1998 EU ad ban: more pointless legal posturing by the tobacco industry

July 1998

09/07/1998 ASH shows F1 why it should cut out cigarettes by 2002

May 1998

12/05/1998 MEPs urged 'don't bow to Tobacco's dirty tricks' on advertising

April 1998

22/04/1998 Tobacco ad ban passes penultimate hurdle - but Hague's 'New' Conservatives are still doing Big Tobacco's dirty work

20/04/1998 Tobacco advertising & Prof. Hugh High

20/04/1998 Letter to Financial Times re tobacco advertising

March 1998

26/03/1998 Latest smoking rates show young people still hooked on positive image of smoking

05/03/1998 Beware Formula 1 offer: it is mischief & skullduggery designed to wreck the tobacco ad directive

February 1998

18/02/1998 Smoking in films: major ad agency says it is a key tobacco industry marketing ploy

January 1998

21/01/1998 Tobacco ad ban would create new jobs

December 1997

20/12/1997 ASH letter to Spanish Health Minister re Spanish position on tobacco ads in EU

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

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

September 1997

11/09/1997 Public support for tobacco ad ban signals need for strong Government action

June 1997

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

14/04/1997 ASH welcomes Queen's ban on tobacco advertising

August 1996

19/08/1996 Young children not protected by tobacco advertising code

June 1996

04/06/1996 Philip Morris campaign

May 1996

31/05/1996 Sports sponsorship

21/05/1996 BAT sponsors school