Unprecedented progress in tackling smoking during pregnancy threatened by NHS cuts, experts warn
A coalition of baby charities is warning that unprecedented progress in reducing the number of women smoking during pregnancy in England is being put at risk by NHS funding cuts.
Demand for action on UK’s ‘top three killers’ ahead of Government's 10-Year Health Plan
As the Government prepares to publish its 10-Year Plan to improve health, a coalition of health experts is calling for tough action on the UK’s three biggest preventable killers — tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink — to relieve growing pressure on NHS services.
Big Tobacco must pay: New report demands urgent action from MPs to end smoking within a generation
A major new report launched by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health calls for all political parties to back a bold, fully funded strategy to make smoking obsolete within 20 years.
ASH welcomes progress of historic smoking bill
MPs tonight voted to pass the historic Tobacco and Vapes Bill which will phase out the sale of tobacco to the next generation
Ending the sale of tobacco will increase UK jobs
Phasing out tobacco would create 135,000 new full-time equivalent (FTE) UK jobs and increase the size of the economy by nearly £10 billion.
Patients in mental health wards need better quit support as government prepares to ban smoking on hospital grounds
New research from ASH finds that people admitted to mental health trusts have better access to treatment for smoking than they did 5 years ago but are being let down by a failure to create smokefree care environments.