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This section sets out the health impacts of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. It also contains our latest news, resources, law guide and information on the tobacco industry.

Publications

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Secondhand Smoke

Breathing other people's smoke is known as passive, involuntary or secondhand smoking (SHS). It can also be called ‘environmental tobacco smoke ...

Tobacco industry

The Tobacco industry has a long history of denying the health risks of smoking, of obscuring the truth about tobacco and deceiving smokers. This secti ...

International

The World Health Organization estimates that there are around 1.3 billion smokers in the world, of which almost 1 billion are men. This represents ab ...

Law guide

These pages are a reference guide to tobacco related legislation, policy and voluntary agreements that apply in the UK, including European Union and i ...

News

Keeping up to date in tobacco control can be an overwhelming task. ASH Daily News and the ASH News and Events bulletin are good summaries of the lates ...

Resources

This section has links and information on presentations, visual resources, school resources that you might find helpful or of use. ...

Health Impacts of Smoking

Smoking is associated with more than 50 different diseases and disorders – many fatal. It has been known that smoking causes lung cancer since t ...