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Press Releases in category "International resources"
October 2007
11/10/2007 UK tops the latest EU tobacco control league table.
February 2007
14/02/2007 EU Parliament's backtracking on smoking ban undermines smokefree directive proposals.
August 2006
April 2006
27/04/2006 British American Tobacco AGM 2006 Celebrating Exporting Misery to the Poor
29/04/2005 Italy: New Far Right Health Minister Moves Against Smoking Restrictions
28/04/2005 BAT in its own words: Tobacco company papers show truth behind greewash
February 2005
24/02/2005 Global Tobacco Treaty to take effect on 27th February.
December 2004
May 2004
31/05/2004 World No Tobacco Day - ASH urges FCTC ratification
November 2003
06/11/2003 BAT bows out of Burma
June 2003
16/06/2003 ASH congratulates government for signing historic tobacco treaty
May 2003
21/05/2003 Global Treaty signed today on weapons of mass destruction
January 2003
15/01/2003 ASH says new WHO tobacco treaty text is a ‘feeble response’ to the global tobacco epidemic
December 2002
October 2002
May 2002
31/05/2002 World No Tobacco Day: BAT weasels its way into World Cup. 180 organisation say 'butt out'
January 2002
November 2001
27/11/2001 Death-knell for ‘light’ cigarettes sounds as tobacco treaty negotiations accelerate in Geneva
24/11/2001 Row at WHO tobacco convention as ‘petulant’ European Union denies it is dragged down by Germany
July 2001
17/07/2001 ASH response to Philip Morris' report to the Czech Government on the economic benefits of smoking
May 2001
04/05/2001 ASH calls for US to withdraw from tobacco treaty: EU needs to agree a new approach
03/05/2001 China sells itself to BAT putting half a billion women at risk
April 2001
30/04/2001 Tobacco treaty in danger: sell out by the US, EU & Japan feared
02/04/2001 Imperial tobacco's venture in Africa: a cover for more smuggling?
March 2001
02/03/2001 Tobacco ad ban: new research shows importance of water-tight laws
November 2000
06/11/2000 EU takes US tobacco companies to court over tobacco smuggling
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
August 2000
29/08/2000 Brief comment on BAT's submission to the WHO
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
24/07/2000 Letter to Wall St. Journal on Industry smuggling
20/07/2000 Cigarette smuggling: EU takes legal action against Big Tobacco
June 2000
04/06/2000 Smoking drags UK down in the world Health League
April 2000
20/04/2000 A bad year for BAT: but £300 million profit from smuggled cigarettes
06/04/2000 Press release from the International Agency on Research & Cancer
February 2000
16/02/2000 More evidence of BAT & smuggling
16/02/2000 Health select committee tobacco hearing: BAT goes head-to-head with ASH
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
20/01/2000 Canadian super-strong health warnings show the way ahead for EU
December 1999
07/12/1999 MPs told 75% of smuggling is due to organised gangs & large scale fraud
November 1999
07/11/1999 Smuggling increasing: capitulation to organised crime or continue with good health?
October 1999
28/10/1999 50 Irish pub staff sue: a timely reminder why the UK needs new guidance on passive smoking at work
June 1999
16/06/1999 WHO experts call for protection for 700 million children exposed to passive smoking
07/06/1999 Letter to Economist about smuggling
May 1999
18/05/1999 World Bank report urges Government to take strong measures to curb tobacco
April 1999
27/04/1999 WHO wants to regulate tobacco like food or drugs: save hundreds of thousands of lives
November 1998
19/11/1998 'Strictly confidential' document shows BAT recruiting medical spin-doctors to work in China
October 1998
28/10/1998 First sex warnings on cigarettes in Thailand
06/10/1998 WHO passive smoking study: tobacco industry & Sunday Telegraph disinformation nailed
September 1998
22/09/1998 EU ad ban: more pointless legal posturing by the tobacco industry
May 1998
13/05/1998 MEPs spurn tobacco industry lobbying & vote for health
12/05/1998 MEPs urged 'don't bow to Tobacco's dirty tricks' on advertising
March 1998
08/03/1998 Response to alleged suppression of WHO passive smoking report
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
October 1997
17/10/1997 Passive smoking: summary of new findings from California EPA report
August 1997
19/08/1997 World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Beijing.
June 1997
21/06/1997 Press background: summary of the US settlement
21/06/1997 Tobacco deal in the US - the beginning of the end for Big Tobacco?
18/06/1997 Press briefing: US tobacco settlement - what would it mean for the UK
March 1997
14/03/1997 ASH welcomes Mississippi decision
August 1996
23/08/1996 ASH welcomes Clinton's move to regulate tobacco
June 1996
27/06/1996 Guernsey leads the way in tobacco control
06/06/1996 Guernsey leads the way in tobacco control
