Is it true that a million people who have never smoked now vape?
Recent headlines have highlighted new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggesting that more than a million people who have never smoked are now vaping. It's an alarming statistic, but does it really mean what it appears to?
Clozapine and smoking cessation: why joined-up care matters
Dr Ed Beveridge, co-chair of the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership and consultant psychiatrist at the Central and North West London NHS FT, explores the importance of joined-up care when supporting people taking clozapine to stop smoking.
What online harms regulation can learn from tobacco control
In this blog, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation and outgoing Chair of the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership Mark Rowland discusses the lessons that we can learn from tobacco control when regulating social media companies.
If people on benefits are struggling to quit smoking, then the cost-effective, compassionate solution is cessation support
This week, the Conservative Party to change benefits so that recipients get pre-paid cards that can’t be used for certain goods and services, including tobacco. In this blog, ASH Senior Policy Officer Noah Traill explains why the best solution is targeted quit support and access to free and cheap alternatives for those on low incomes or benefits.
The Vaping Products Duty comes in on 1 October - here's what you need to know
ASH explains what the incoming Vape Duty Tax means and how we should monitor its impact
We know smoking causes poverty. So why aren't we treating it like a cost-of-living issue?
Ending smoking would help to lift over a million households out of poverty, giving them desperately needed 'breathing space' in their finances. In this blog Senior Policy Officer Noah Traill explains how smoking contributes to financial hardship and how a roadmap to a smokefree country could eliminate this preventable contributor to the cost-of-living crisis.
