Press Releases

All Party Group urges Government to keep its foot on the pedal and publish plan to deliver a smokefree future

22 July 2020  All Party Group urges Government to keep its foot on the pedal and publish plan to deliver a smokefree future A year after the Government’s announcement of its smokefree 2030 ambition, a new analysis of child smoking rates shows how the number of children under 16 taking up smoking fell dramatically as […]

Government commits to protect public health policy from tobacco industry interference

Government commits to protect public health policy from tobacco industry interference The Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care, Jo Churchill MP, responded in an adjournment debate in parliament last night [1] to recent revelations that the world’s biggest tobacco manufacturer is attempting to subvert the UK Government’s tobacco policy. The Chairman of the […]

Bob Blackman MP, chair of APPG on Smoking and Health, welcomes Government ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030

22nd July 2019 The Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health, Bob Blackman MP, is delighted to welcome the publication today of the Prevention Green Paper with its ambition to end smoking by 2030. [1] The Green Paper is the start of a more detailed consultation process. The APPG welcomes […]

Delivering the vision of a ‘Smokefree Generation’ The APPG on Smoking and Health submission to the Prevention Green Paper

3rd March 2019   New recommendations for central government significantly strengthen tobacco regulation in order to deliver the vision for prevention [2]  and achieve the ‘smokefree generation’ envisaged in the 2017 Tobacco Control Plan for England.[3] When the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched his vision for prevention, he asked for ideas […]

New Tobacco Control Plan for England Published

18 July 2017 The All Party Group on Smoking and Health has welcomed the new Tobacco Control Plan for England, “Towards a Smokefree Generation”, which was published today by the Department of Health. [1] The APPG is delighted that the Government has responded to its calls for a new Tobacco Control Plan [2] and strongly […]

MPs call on Government to publish new Tobacco Control Plan without further delay

13 October 2016 Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health will today be calling on the Government to publish its promised new Tobacco Control Plan without further delay. [1] The Government committed to a new plan after the previous one expired in December 2015 and to publication in summer 2016, but […]

MPs call on Chancellor to increase tobacco taxes to fund reduction in smoking prevalence

APPG warmly welcomes Chantler review and urges Government to implement standardised (“plain”) cigarette packs

APPG on Smoking and Health Says: Let Parliament Decide on Standardised Packaging

Illicit Tobacco: the truth the tobacco industry doesn’t want you to know

Politicians urge the Government to commit to putting tobacco products in standardised packaging

APPG Inquiry: Smoking in private vehicles

Politicians warn Government that cutting back on tobacco control investment could lead to smoking rates starting to rise again