New data published for World No Tobacco Day 31st May, by Action on Smoking Health shows that smoking costs communities in England £12.6 billion a year [1]. The figures show the additional pressure that smoking is putting on the NHS … Read more
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The focus of World No Tobacco Day … Read more
In a new blog post ASH highlight that as we come up to a year after standardised ‘plain packaging’ was fully implemented in the UK on 20 May 2017, both the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA) and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) have … Read more
This Wednesday (25th April) BAT is hosting its Annual General Meeting in London. In line with the “Polluter Pays Principle” ASH is calling on the Government and political leaders to hold Big Tobacco financially responsible for the damage it causes. … 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
On 6th February 2018 Public Health England published it’s review of e-cigarettes. This generated considerable media interest in the prospect of e-cigs being on prescription but there were many other important points raised. The main findings of PHE’s evidence review are … Read more
The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the world’s first global health treaty. It is designed to help countries work to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco. Article 5.3 is a key element of the treaty. It … Read more
In January 2018 the Smokefree Action Coalition launched the NHS Smokefree Pledge. The Pledge is designed to be a clear and visible way for NHS organisations to show their commitment to helping smokers to quit and to providing smokefree environments … Read more
Hilary Wareing of iPiP and the TCCC is a member of the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group. The following is a press release issued on behalf of the group today (7th December) Following the publication of new smoking rates among pregnant … 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