Here’s how the government can further tackle underage nicotine addiction
It is evident that specific measures must be put in place to strengthen our regulatory framework
It is evident that specific measures must be put in place to strengthen our regulatory framework
The government has not implemented a tax on tobacco – which it proposed a year ago.
New research shows how tobacco giants influence the public health agenda
Tory MEPs are set to make a last ditch attempt to stop Labour-led reforms designed to reduce the take up of smoking by children.
Today we saw yet another disgraceful capitulation by this government to the interests of their friends in big business.
The government today announced that it will not be introducing legislation on standardised packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Along with others, Cancer Research UK is trying to make sure the tobacco industry’s fears are realised with their “The Answer Is Plain” campaign.
Martin Dockrell, policy and campaigns manager for Action on Smoking and Health, explains how plain packaging on cigarettes will work.
Four years on, the smoking ban is popular and defintive claims that it has led to more pubs shutting are unsubstantiated.
Martin Dockrell of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) looks at the Conservative party’s links to the tobacco industry, and the tobacco industry’s false claims.