Reaching smokers where they live: next steps in the journey towards the Government’s vision of a smokefree generation A new report, published today [Tuesday 20th November] by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and launched at a joint event in … Read more
“Although the health effects of smoking are widely recognized, its impacts on the environment are largely overlooked. From tobacco cultivation and curing, to cigarette manufacturing, distribution, consumption and discarding, every stage in the global tobacco supply chain involves considerable resource … Read more
This is an issue that matters to both the Tobacco Control and Environmental Health Collaborating Centres. As part of the #MakeThemPay campaign, ASH have published a blog outlining the true environmental impact of tobacco at farming, manufacture … Read more
Ian Gray, Co-Director of the Environmental Health Collaborating Centre and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has been appointed as an Expert Adviser for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Centre for Guidelines. His role over the next … Read more
21 November is #OurDay – the annual tweetathon promoted by the Local Government Association that gives everyone who works or volunteers in local public services the chance to share their stories of how they improve the quality of life … Read more
On the 11th October the APPCOG launched the report Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Saving Lives Advancing Treatment in Portcullis House, the session was introduced by Barry Sheerman MP. He said that the report highlights that symptoms of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning are … Read more
The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group today (11th October 2017) launched Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Saving Lives, Advancing Treatment. The report has identified that symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are not routinely being detected in the healthcare system. One of the key concerns … Read more
Ian Gray, Co-director of the Tobacco Control and Environmental Health Collaborating Centres recently attended a Policy Connect* session on the influence of the House of Lords which was in the form of a conversation with The Rt Hon. the Lord Norton … Read more
Ian Gray, Co-Director of the EHCC, has his letter published as the ‘letter of the month’ in August’s Environmental Health News
The Smoke Free Law in England came into force on 1st July 2007. Hilary Wareing; Ian Gray and Paul Hooper of iPiP’s Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre had various connections with the development and implementation of the law we have now. This … Read more