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Posts from ASH staff and colleagues on tobacco-related topics.

03 February 2025

Heated tobacco ads are everywhere – how are tobacco companies getting away with it?

Tobacco companies are advertising heated tobacco despite UK law banning tobacco promotions. Find out how they exploit legal loopholes – and what’s changing.

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29 January 2025

What does the Tobacco and Vapes Bill actually do?

Helen Duffy, Public Affairs Lead at ASH, explore what the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill does – and doesn’t – do.

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13 December 2024

Transforming prevention: ASH’s response to the NHS 10-year Health plan consultation

Claire Wells, Policy Officer at ASH, outlines our response to the NHS 10-Year Health Plan consultation, highlighting key recommendations to reduce smoking rates and improve public health through prevention-focused strategies.

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17 November 2024

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is back! What’s next?

Helen Duffy, Public Affairs Lead at ASH, explains the return of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and its potential to transform public health.

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13 April 2024

JTI’s response to Peter Kellner

An update on JTI's retailers survey.

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02 April 2024

Japan Tobacco’s mysterious retailer poll

Deborah Arnott, chief executive of ASH, has written to Japan Tobacco International (JTI) asking them to publish the methodology behind the JTI poll of retailers published in the trade press last November.

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