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Press Releases

09 November 2023

APPG on Smoking and Health launches its Tobacco Control Manifesto

The backbench All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health launches its manifesto for a Smokefree future today [9th November 2023], calling on the Government to make Big Tobacco pay to deliver a Smokefree future.

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07 November 2023

Health leaders welcome King’s Speech setting out Government’s proposals for a smokefree generation

Representatives from some of the country’s leading organisations working on tobacco have welcomed the announcement.

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04 October 2023

APPG Smoking and Health and ASH welcome Rishi Sunak’s announcement on smoking

The APPG and ASH are delighted by the Prime Minister’s clear signal in his speech today he wants to put delivering a smokefree 2030 at the heart of his public health legacy.

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05 September 2023

ASH response to ONS figures on smoking and vaping

Smoking rates fall as vaping rates are up

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03 August 2023

Four in ten smokers wrongly believe that vaping is as or more harmful as smoking

Four in ten smokers (39%) in Great Britain now believe vaping is as or more risky compared with smoking; up from a third last year.

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20 July 2023

Regional press releases: HALF the public think the Government is not doing enough to reduce smoking

New data published today shows that the public believe further action is needed to tackle smoking.

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