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About ASH

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a public health charity set up by the Royal College of Physicians to end the harm caused by tobacco.

After 50 years' successful campaigning this goal is within our grasp, but only if the inequalities in smoking across society are addressed.

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08 May 2025

Demand for action on UK’s ‘top three killers’ ahead of Government's 10-Year Health Plan

As the Government prepares to publish its 10-Year Plan to improve health, a coalition of health experts is calling for tough action on the UK’s three biggest preventable killers — tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink — to relieve growing pressure on NHS services.

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02 April 2025

Big Tobacco must pay: New report demands urgent action from MPs to end smoking within a generation

A major new report launched by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health calls for all political parties to back a bold, fully funded strategy to make smoking obsolete within 20 years.

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