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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 2000
14/12/2000 Top Nottingham student turns down award over tobacco cash
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
04/12/2000 ASH slams BAT cash for 'ethics'
November 2000
21/11/2000 Art attack or heart attack? cutting edge artists exhibit powerful anti-smoking work
06/11/2000 EU takes US tobacco companies to court over tobacco smuggling
03/11/2000 No Smoking Day on teenagers with mobiles
03/11/2000 Are mobile phones driving down teenage smoking?
October 2000
30/10/2000 BAT to be investigated by UK Government over global cigarette smuggling
12/10/2000 ASH statement to the WHO hearings in Geneva
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
02/10/2000 Tower Hamlets claws back fag-break time
September 2000
24/09/2000 Lung cancer overtakes breast cancer in women
21/09/2000 BAT faces punitive racketeering charges over Colombian smuggling
13/09/2000 Good to tackle 'pathetic' enforcement of underage cigarette sales law - but don't expect miracles
11/09/2000 'Cynical' tobacco companies use additives to disguise passive smoking hazards
11/09/2000 Kids addicted to nicotine as early as 12 & within 4 weeks of smoking
06/09/2000 New progressive proposals on smoking at work: ASH delighted
04/09/2000 Passive smoking at work: make or break for the new legal code
August 2000
29/08/2000 Brief comment on BAT's submission to the WHO
16/08/2000 FOREST still inhabits flat earth: ASH heaps scorn on tobacco industry passive smoking 'research'
02/08/2000 Quitting smoking works. Doll & Peto study in BMJ
02/08/2000 Tobacco Industry infiltration of the UN & WHO: ASH calls for action
July 2000
31/07/2000 BAT at large in Africa: new documents on smuggling
27/07/2000 NHS to take smoking treatment into the mainstream
24/07/2000 NHS 'could save millions' by tackling smoking
24/07/2000 Letter to Wall St. Journal on Industry smuggling
20/07/2000 New study: 76% of the North East hospitality trade back smoke free areas
20/07/2000 Cigarette smuggling: EU takes legal action against Big Tobacco
June 2000
26/06/2000 Zyban launch: great for smokers but beware the hype
26/06/2000 New drug promises hope for addicted smokers
25/06/2000 Tobacco consumption static 1995-9: changes in the pipeline
15/06/2000 EU ad ban in trouble: UK Government must respond
14/06/2000 Health Committee sets new anti-tobacco agenda
12/06/2000 Press briefing on Tobacco Product Directive
11/06/2000 New anti-smoking drug available on the NHS
04/06/2000 Smoking drags UK down in the world Health League
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
April 2000
20/04/2000 A bad year for BAT: but £300 million profit from smuggled cigarettes
07/04/2000 The Lancet publishes damning evidence of tobacco company manipulation of passive smoking science
06/04/2000 Press release from the International Agency on Research & Cancer
06/04/2000 Press release from Stanton Glantz
06/04/2000 New guide shows 40% increase in pubs offering smoke-free areas
March 2000
22/03/2000 Tobacco smuggling: at last, a serious & proportional response
21/03/2000 Kids' lungs harmed by tobacco in the womb
21/03/2000 Tobacco tax: budget is 'just what the Doctor ordered'
16/03/2000 UK health groups call for radical tobacco tax budget
06/03/2000 Smoking still the 'poor relation' in tackling heart disease
February 2000
16/02/2000 Health select committee tobacco hearing: BAT goes head-to-head with ASH
16/02/2000 More evidence of BAT & smuggling
11/02/2000 New analysis of lung cancer
07/02/2000 Nicotine addiction report is a major broadside on low-tar cigarettes & EU legislation
January 2000
31/01/2000 BAT involved in smuggling
23/01/2000 Genuinely 'less-deadly cigarettes' would help smokers that decide not to quit
20/01/2000 Canadian super-strong health warnings show the way ahead for EU
