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Press Releases in category "Passive smoking"
May 2008
December 2007
17/12/2007 Babies exposed to secondhand smoke have higher risk of developing allergies.
August 2007
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
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.
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.
December 2006
01/12/2006 England to go smokefree on 1 July 2007: truly a time for celebration.
August 2006
18/08/2006 All forms of tobacco use increase risk of heart attack, worldwide study finds.
July 2006
24/07/2006 Go Smokefree Early: New Advice Site Launched
17/07/2006 ASH Welcomes Smokefree Regulations
February 2006
15/02/2006 SMOKEFREE WINS THE DAY: GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH GAIN FOR THIRTY YEARS
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
December 2005
30/12/2005 Major new poll shows public support across UK for comprehensive smokefree law
19/12/2005 Health Select Committee Strikes Decisive Blow for Smokefree Legislation
November 2005
25/11/2005 MPs, Trade Bodies, Health Groups, Local Government Unite to Demand Comprehensive Smokefree Law
24/11/2005 Government Publishes Smokefree Consultation Four out of Five Back Comprehensive Ban
October 2005
27/10/2005 Pubs Bodge in Smokefree Law 'Disastrous' for Health Equality and Government Alcohol Strategy
26/10/2005 Smokefree Law Coming: But Pub Bodge Cannot Survive
17/10/2005 Great News for Northern Ireland as Smoking Stubbed Out in All Workplaces: Now for England
September 2005
05/09/2005 Health inequalities set to worsen as many pubs would drop food for exemption from smokefree law.
August 2005
24/08/2005 Hospitality Trade Warned of Legal Risk from Secondhand Smoke
22/08/2005 Overwhelming public support for comprehensive smokefree law: new poll reveals.
01/08/2005 Health and Safety Commission backs comprehensive smokefree law.
July 2005
19/07/2005 Government should back CMO's call to tackle tobacco smuggling and make ALL workplaces smokefree
05/07/2005 Too many councils failing smoking challenge.
05/07/2005 New cancer report shows why smokefree law MUST be comprehensive.
June 2005
20/06/2005 Government consultation document 'opens door' to ending smoking in all workplaces
17/06/2005 ADVANCE MEDIA BRIEFING: Government Consultation on Smoking in Workplaces
May 2005
31/05/2005 ASH news release 31/05/2005 - McTear vs Imperial Tobacco
17/05/2005 Victory over Smoking Bill in Queen's Speech
13/05/2005 Smokefree law expected in Queen's speech
12/05/2005 BMA survey shows need for government to drop pub exemption from smokefree law
10/05/2005 Wales: Assembly Calls for Powers to End Workplace Smoking
April 2005
21/04/2005 Election 2005: Parties disagree over smokefree law
March 2005
30/03/2005 Guernsey to go smoke-free: when will the rest of the UK follow suit?
29/03/2005 One Year After Ireland's Smokefree Law: A Story of Success. Now British Public Demands Action
18/03/2005 Health Organisations back important bid for Smokefree Wales
08/03/2005 Tobacco group talks nonsense on secondhand smoke
02/03/2005 Major new study shows secondhand smoke leading workplace killer
February 2005
21/02/2005 Letter Campaign to Support Bid for Smokefree Wales
January 2005
24/01/2005 Wetherspoon lead shows Government is lagging behind the demand for smokefree pubs.
10/01/2005 Press conference to launch Wales smoking bill
December 2004
17/12/2004 Wales: Smoking Bill to be introduced in Commons
November 2004
12/11/2004 Smoking deaths highlight health inequalities.
10/11/2004 Smoke and Mirrors: How Philip Morris concealed the truth about secondhand smoke
03/11/2004 Media Briefing: Secondhand smoke, Public Health White Paper
October 2004
25/10/2004 No 'British Bodge' on secondhand smoke: Reid warned.
18/10/2004 Leaked Government report shows extent of health damage from secondhand smoke
08/10/2004 Irish Visit Convinces All Party Group on Need for Smoke-free Law
04/10/2004 MPs on quest to discover secrets of success of Ireland's smokefree law
June 2004
30/06/2004 New study shows secondhand smoke heart risk twice previous estimates
11/06/2004 Overwhelming backing for workplace smoking law
11/06/2004 Doctors, Unions, ASH tell Reid: It is time to act on secondhand smoke
04/06/2004 Health campaigners welcome Blair smoking comments
May 2004
28/05/2004 Welcome to Norway: the only thing we smoke here is salmon
17/05/2004 Secondhand smoke major workplace killer: new evidence
March 2004
09/03/2004 New anti-smoking Bill for Lords
February 2004
25/02/2004 Wanless Report gives powerful backing to case for smokefree law
24/02/2004 New research shows need for action on secondhand smoke
January 2004
12/01/2004 ASH and Thompsons' Tell Employers: Don't Say You Weren't Warned Over Secondhand Smoke
November 2003
25/11/2003 Secondhand Smoke: Time for a Law
October 2003
27/10/2003 Tobacco lobby to public: keep on choking
06/10/2003 Restaurant Trade to Kids: 'Eat and Choke'
September 2003
23/09/2003 Smoke-free successes in North America provide a lesson for the UK
July 2003
May 2003
29/05/2003 ASH slams Pubs Smoking Charter
16/05/2003 Tobacco Industry-funded study casts doubt on passive smoking deaths - no surprises there, says ASH.
02/05/2003 ASH urges government to eliminate tobacco smoke from workplaces
November 2002
06/11/2002 ASH to press for Bill outlawing passive smoking at work
October 2002
August 2002
06/08/2002 How Big Tobacco uses and abuses the restaurant trade - new web site: TobaccoScam
July 2002
26/07/2002 Smoking in the workplace: Government procrastinates while workers die.
June 2002
19/06/2002 Fears over passive smoking danger in the spotlight again
May 2002
29/05/2002 Hospitality trade in pocket of tobacco industry.
April 2002
19/04/2002 Smokers less likely to have boys - sperm damage blamed
10/04/2002 1,000 Londoners die from passive smoking - GLA calls for workplace code (ACoP)
September 2001
24/09/2001 Official survey shows public want action on passive smoking: government out of step and dithering
August 2001
16/08/2001 Passive smoking at work damages lung function - government must stop dithering on worker protection
July 2001
May 2001
31/05/2001 New research reveals parents' ignorance of the health impact of passive smoking on children
February 2001
27/02/2001 Cost of dealing with passive smoking proves negligible: study suggests over-hyping by opponents
September 2000
11/09/2000 'Cynical' tobacco companies use additives to disguise passive smoking hazards
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
16/08/2000 FOREST still inhabits flat earth: ASH heaps scorn on tobacco industry passive smoking 'research'
July 2000
20/07/2000 New study: 76% of the North East hospitality trade back smoke free areas
April 2000
07/04/2000 The Lancet publishes damning evidence of tobacco company manipulation of passive smoking science
March 2000
21/03/2000 Kids' lungs harmed by tobacco in the womb
February 2000
11/02/2000 New analysis of lung cancer
November 1999
23/11/1999 Study shows pub takings up by 7% when no-smoking areas introduced
October 1999
28/10/1999 50 Irish pub staff sue: a timely reminder why the UK needs new guidance on passive smoking at work
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
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
July 1999
29/07/1999 Smoking at work code will help 3 million non-smokers fight passive smoking
June 1999
16/06/1999 WHO experts call for protection for 700 million children exposed to passive smoking
07/06/1999 Letter to The Publican re. protecting employees from passive smoking
April 1999
October 1998
06/10/1998 WHO passive smoking study: tobacco industry & Sunday Telegraph disinformation nailed
September 1998
17/09/1998 Restaurant association survey based on 'flawed & scaremongering' assumptions
April 1998
16/04/1998 Letter to Sunday Telegraph regarding its reporting of passive smoking & attack on ASH
14/04/1998 Marlboro maker had strategy to buy up British scientists to muddy waters on passive smoking
01/04/1998 Why low-tar cigarettes don't work & how the tobacco industry fooled the smoking public
March 1998
27/03/1998 ASH takes Sunday Telegraph to PCC over 'false & misleading' reporting of passive smoking
08/03/1998 Response to alleged suppression of WHO passive smoking report
November 1997
October 1997
17/10/1997 New evidence on risks of passive smoking
17/10/1997 Passive smoking: summary of new findings from California EPA report
