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December 2006

29/12/2006 Hard hitting ads show the reality of nicotine addiction.

15/12/2006 Allen Carr's letter to Tony Blair and ASH's response.

05/12/2006 ASH news release 05/12/2006 - Varenicline: guidance for health professionals.

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

November 2006

23/11/2006 ECJ ruling on Internet sales - public health disaster averted.

16/11/2006 DTI criticised for 'lukewarm' response on RIP cigarettes - has it been nobbled by tobacco industry

13/11/2006 RIP Coalition calls for new cigarette standard to cut fires.

October 2006

19/10/2006 New Head of Policy for ASH.

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

02/10/2006 ASH tells Government raising legal age for buying tobacco is not enough.

August 2006

18/08/2006 All forms of tobacco use increase risk of heart attack, worldwide study finds.

16/08/2006 Bloomberg donates $125 million to worldwide tobacco control: ASH calls on UK Government to spell out its financial commitment to Tobacco Treaty implementation.

July 2006

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

17/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Smokefree Regulations

03/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Government Moves on Under Age Tobacco Sales: But Getting Adults to Quit Still the Most Important Step

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.

07/06/2006 UK Government warned: Do not miss chance to cut cigarette fires.

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

May 2006

27/05/2006 Picture warnings: A missed opportunity?

April 2006

27/04/2006 British American Tobacco AGM 2006 Celebrating Exporting Misery to the Poor

24/04/2006 Half the workforce still exposed to smoke. New figures show workplace health divide.

March 2006

23/03/2006 Can't get it up? Forget Viagra and quit smoking instead!

22/03/2006 Budget 2006 and smoking: Bad news for public health?

20/03/2006 Budget 2006 and Smoking: What it Will Say and What it Should Say

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

08/02/2006 BAT deception kept smokers hooked on harmful cigarettes.

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