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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 2007
14/12/2007 JTI Agreement with the EU - UK left out in the cold.
03/12/2007 Four key public health organisations unite to tackle health inequalities.
03/12/2007 ASH welcomes new Cancer Plan's commitment to tackle smoking.
November 2007
05/11/2007 Landlord smoke campaign is “silly, pointless and misguided�
October 2007
11/10/2007 UK tops the latest EU tobacco control league table.
10/10/2007 Campaigners call on Euro MPs to reduce fire death toll
03/10/2007 ASH endorses RCP call for a tobacco harm reduction strategy.
01/10/2007 ASH welcomes law change for sale of tobacco but enforcement will be the key to its success.
September 2007
25/09/2007 ASH Media Briefing on the raising of the minimum age for the sale of tobacco on 1 October 2007.
August 2007
29/08/2007 Picture health warnings: UK front runner, other EU countries urged to catch up
04/08/2007 Smoking ban: Initial survey reveals high level of compliance and public support.
July 2007
01/07/2007 England goes Smokefree Today: A victory for Public Health
June 2007
28/06/2007 Tobacco Giants Fiddle While Homes Burn
May 2007
31/05/2007 New survey shows 1 in 4 will visit pubs more often after smokefree legislation.
17/05/2007 Smokefree Lords is a great relief.
10/05/2007 Blair: Tobacco campaigners bid fond farewell.
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
26/04/2007 750,000 die in UK corporate social responsibility scandal
March 2007
29/03/2007 Smokers take more sick leave: more evidence of the benefits of going smokefree early.
27/03/2007 Shisha 200 times worse than a cigarette say Middle East experts.
21/03/2007 ASH Budget reaction: Tax reduction on stop smoking products will increase quitting prospects.
14/03/2007 No Smoking Day trigger to quit before the ban. PCTs urged to support Stop Smoking Services.
04/03/2007 Public demand Chancellor puts up tobacco tax in Budget
February 2007
14/02/2007 Anniversary of smokefree vote starts countdown for 3.7 million bosses.
14/02/2007 EU Parliament's backtracking on smoking ban undermines smokefree directive proposals.
06/02/2007 Bigger, bolder health warnings prompt smokers to quit.
