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Smoking is associated with more than 50 different diseases and disorders – many fatal. It has been know that smoking causes lung cancer since the 1950s. Half of all people who continue to smoke will be killed by it - losing an average of 16 years of life.
There are many things that you can do to help ASH achieve its goals. This section shows you how to support our latest campaign and help make a difference.
Smoking is the major preventable cause of death in the UK. To achieve our vision of a society free from the harm caused by tobacco, ASH campaigns for policy change both nationally and internationally.
This section outlines our latest work.
Keeping up to date in tobacco control can be an overwhelming task. ASH Days News and the ASH News and Events bulletin are good summaries of the latest issues and press coverage of tobacco related issues.
ASH provides summary of national and some international press stories around smoking-related issues each day in ASH Daily News.
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Quitting Smoking
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reduces quality of life and life expectancy. The younger a person quits, the greater the benefit but stopping smoking is beneficial at any age. Many smokers think that smoking helps relieve stress but in fact ex-smokers are more likely to have better mental health and be happier.
