UK health leaders welcome the appointment of a new Head for the global treaty on tobacco
UK health charities welcome the appointment of Andrew Black, former British civil servant, to the role of Head of Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
ASH response to PM crackdown on vape shops
Hazel Cheeseman, Chief Executive of Action and Smoking and Health responds to the government announcement “PM vows to save “hollowed out high streets” with crackdown on vape and betting shops”.
New data shows 3.3 million ex-smokers used vapes to quit, but youth regulation still urgently needed, says charity
New data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows daily vaping among adults has overtaken daily smoking in Britain for the first time, with 3.3 million vape users saying they are ex-smokers. At the same time over a million 11-17 year olds say they have tried vaping. The data highlights both the success of vaping as a quit aid and the urgent need to reduce youth uptake.
Smoking pushes 417,000 UK households into poverty, including 137,000 children, new analysis shows
New analysis by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) finds that spending on tobacco is driving hundreds of thousands of families into poverty and deepening financial hardship for nearly a million more households already in poverty and struggling to make ends meet.
