Action on Smoking and Health

Working to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

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Tobacco and Ethnic Minorities

Smoking rates vary considerably between ethnic groups and within groups they vary by gender. August 2019.

Tags: attitudes, cancer, circulatory diseases, diabetes, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, health inequalities, men, opinion, smokeless tobacco, smoking prevalence, stopping smoking, tobacco, waterpipes, women

Tobacco Policy and the European Union

This fact sheet summarises tobacco control policy formulated by the European Union. August 2016.

Tags: advertising, CAP, deaths, e-cigarettes, European Union, fact sheets, factsheets, FCTC, fire-safer cigarettes, illicit trade, policy, public places, RIP cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, smoking prevalence, smuggling, standard packs, standardised plain packaging, taxation, Tobacco Products Directive, TPD, workplace

Recent Posts

More must be done to help smokers with mental health conditions quit
6 November 2019
6 November 2019 New report finds 1 in 5 mental health trusts still do not have a comprehensive smokefree policy …
Progress towards smokefree mental health services
29 October 2019
This report presents the findings of a survey of NHS mental …
Smokefree Skills: Community Mental Health
18 October 2019
ASH analysis, based on a survey of mental health professionals (nurses and psychiatrists) working in the community, found that there …
Regional press releases: Smoking and Poverty
17 October 2019
17 October 2019 See below for regional press releases on the latest estimates of how many people are being pushed …
Smoking and Poverty
17 October 2019
The information below summarises an analysis by Howard Reed of Landman Economics for Action on Smoking and Health, entitled “Smoking …

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