Plain packaging is important because it would help to reduce smoking uptake amongst children and young people. Australia will become the first country in the world to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging from December 2012.

Troubled by neighbours’ smoke coming into your home? There is no easy solution but this briefing provides some practical steps you can take to minimise the problem.

Electronic cigarettes are marketed as a cheaper, safer alternative to conventional cigarettes. As they do not produce smoke,  research suggests that e-cigarettes are relatively harmless in comparison with smoking.

French translation of the ASH Briefing on Electronic cigarettes by Jacques Le Houezec.

This briefing debunks the various claims made to try and discredit the tobacco products display ban.

Research shows that Point of Sale (PoS) display has a direct impact on young people’s smoking. In 2006, almost half (46%) of UK teenagers were aware of tobacco display at PoS and those professing an intention to smoke were more likely to recall brands that they had seen at the point of sale.

This briefing is a position statement by Action on Smoking and Health and FairPensions which aims to inform stakeholders in local authority pensions, including councillors, pension fund members, local taxpayers and pension fund trustees.

The sale of tobacco products from vending machines became illegal in England from 1 October 2011. This briefing explains the background to the law and why it was introduced.