Secondhand Smoke
Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive, involuntary or secondhand smoking. Health impacts range from eye irritation, headache, cough and sore throat, to heart disease and lung cancer. March 2020.
Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive, involuntary or secondhand smoking. Health impacts range from eye irritation, headache, cough and sore throat, to heart disease and lung cancer. March 2020.
Recent Posts
Consultation response by ASH and SPECTRUM to the UK Product Safety Review: Call for Evidence
In June 2021, ASH and SPECTRUM responded to the Office for Product Safety and Standards consultation on the UK’s overarching …
Bill to put health warnings on cigarette sticks being put to Parliament on Monday 14th June
Sunday 13th June 2021 Bill to put health warnings on cigarette sticks being put to Parliament on Monday 14th June …Parliamentarians call on Government to end the tobacco epidemic by 2030
Wednesday 9th June 2021 Parliamentarians call on Government to end the tobacco epidemic by 2030 Today [Wednesday 9th June] the …Consultation submission by ASH, the Royal College of Physicians and SPECTRUM to Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Discussion document.
In May 2021, ASH in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians and the SPECTRUM Research Consortium submitted our response …
Smoking Statistics
This fact sheet includes statistics on tobacco consumption and smoking-related illness and death. May 2021. Download here. …
