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ASH Daily News

6 November 2002

HEADLINES

Doctors warn millions at risk from passive smoking
Customs hitch on Channel trips

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Doctors warn millions at risk from passive smoking

Doctors are to warn that the government is putting the health of millions at
risk by not tackling the issue of passive smoking.

A report from the British Medical Association is expected to call for action
to safeguard the health of non-smokers.

It will say that a substantial number of people are highly vulnerable to the
adverse effects of passive smoking.

Eighty per cent of the population do not smoke. But a quarter live with a
smoker, and millions are exposed to smoke fumes in public places.

Passive smoking has been linked to lung cancer, heart and circulation
problems in adults.

Clive Bates of Action on Smoking and Health welcomed the BMA's involvement
in the passive smoking debate.

He told BBC News Online: "Our aim, and theirs, for many years has been for
an end to smoking in workplaces and public places. If they move that on by
strength of argument and by the power of their position as doctors, then
they will have done smokers, non-smokers and the NHS a great service. This
is how you tackle cancer and heart disease."

Full story: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2407249.stm>
Source: BBC Online, 6 November 2002



Customs hitch on Channel trips

CUSTOMS & Excise is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling that
lack of evidence to prove that a vehicle check is lawful means that any
seizures are unlawful, in effect banning random checks. Customs claims that
applications for court orders to destroy illicit goods and vehicles of
smugglers were being dismissed by magistrates or delayed pending legal
clarification.

Source: Financial Times, 6 November 2002


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Naj Dehlavi
Action on Smoking and Health
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