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The Tobacco and Vapes Bill - ASH
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to prevent the legal sale of cigarettes to the next generation and curb youth vaping. Originally introduced by the previous government, the legislation is now being cha...
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👋 Hi BlueSky! We’re ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), a charity set up by the Royal College of Physicians in 1971 to end tobacco harm.
We’re backing the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill to phase out tobacco for the next generation. Follow us for updates and ways to help!
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We’re backing the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill to phase out tobacco for the next generation. Follow us for updates and ways to help!
ash.org.uk/health-inequ...
What attitudes or beliefs underpin public support for health policies - and what can we learn & apply from support for the Smokefree Gen policy? Our new briefing with @aha-uk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social dives into polling to explore this more...
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Scratching the surface – what factors underpin public support for public health policies? - ASH
This analysis of polling by by Public First for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) and the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) explores the factors that underpin public su...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What attitudes or beliefs underpin public support for health policies - and what can we learn & apply from support for the Smokefree Gen policy? Our new briefing with @aha-uk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social dives into polling to explore this more...
ash.org.uk/resources/vi...
ash.org.uk/resources/vi...
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Respiratory Medicine Prof and @ashorguk.bsky.social Chair Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social lecture: 'COPD and the idea of justice' @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
COPD and the idea of justice
Join Professor Nick Hopkinson from the National Heart and Lung Institute for his Imperial Inaugural lecture.
www.imperial.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Respiratory Medicine Prof and @ashorguk.bsky.social Chair Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social lecture: 'COPD and the idea of justice' @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
🔗Links of the Week🔗
1️⃣As the government plans to lower the voting age to 16, this blog from the Electoral Reform Society explains why voting is fundamentally different from smoking & drinking, which carry measurable health risks and can cause lasting harm.
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-votings-...
1️⃣As the government plans to lower the voting age to 16, this blog from the Electoral Reform Society explains why voting is fundamentally different from smoking & drinking, which carry measurable health risks and can cause lasting harm.
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-votings-...
Why voting isn’t like drinking or smoking
I’m pretty glad that 12-year-olds aren’t allowed to drive buses. We have age restrictions on many things for pretty good reasons in the UK, and preventing children from careering dow
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January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🔗Links of the Week🔗
1️⃣As the government plans to lower the voting age to 16, this blog from the Electoral Reform Society explains why voting is fundamentally different from smoking & drinking, which carry measurable health risks and can cause lasting harm.
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-votings-...
1️⃣As the government plans to lower the voting age to 16, this blog from the Electoral Reform Society explains why voting is fundamentally different from smoking & drinking, which carry measurable health risks and can cause lasting harm.
electoral-reform.org.uk/why-votings-...
Nicotine pouches are slipping through a regulatory gap – and industry marketing is exploiting it.
💻Our new blog post discusses the increase in use of nicotine pouches by young people, and how nicotine pouches have been marketed towards this age group.
Read the blog here: ash.org.uk/media-centre...
💻Our new blog post discusses the increase in use of nicotine pouches by young people, and how nicotine pouches have been marketed towards this age group.
Read the blog here: ash.org.uk/media-centre...
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Nicotine pouches are slipping through a regulatory gap – and industry marketing is exploiting it.
💻Our new blog post discusses the increase in use of nicotine pouches by young people, and how nicotine pouches have been marketed towards this age group.
Read the blog here: ash.org.uk/media-centre...
💻Our new blog post discusses the increase in use of nicotine pouches by young people, and how nicotine pouches have been marketed towards this age group.
Read the blog here: ash.org.uk/media-centre...
📝We’ve responded to the government’s consultation on tobacco pack inserts. We encourage them to introduce measures as soon as possible to help end them harm from tobacco. 🚭
Read our response here: ash.org.uk/for-professi...
Read our response here: ash.org.uk/for-professi...
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 AM
📝We’ve responded to the government’s consultation on tobacco pack inserts. We encourage them to introduce measures as soon as possible to help end them harm from tobacco. 🚭
Read our response here: ash.org.uk/for-professi...
Read our response here: ash.org.uk/for-professi...
Ahead of the publication of the National Cancer Plan, Sarah Woolnough, CE at @thekingsfund.bsky.social and Dr Hilary Williams, Clinical VP at @rcphysicians.bsky.social highlight the importance of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill & smoking cessation in reducing preventable cancer cases.
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Ahead of the publication of the National Cancer Plan, Sarah Woolnough, CE at @thekingsfund.bsky.social and Dr Hilary Williams, Clinical VP at @rcphysicians.bsky.social highlight the importance of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill & smoking cessation in reducing preventable cancer cases.
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📨 New Editorial - Lifting the veil on #tobacco industry influence
The need to strengthen resistance against measures pushed for by tobacco industry giants is highlighted by the ongoing attempts by the industry to influence high-level policy.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The need to strengthen resistance against measures pushed for by tobacco industry giants is highlighted by the ongoing attempts by the industry to influence high-level policy.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
📨 New Editorial - Lifting the veil on #tobacco industry influence
The need to strengthen resistance against measures pushed for by tobacco industry giants is highlighted by the ongoing attempts by the industry to influence high-level policy.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The need to strengthen resistance against measures pushed for by tobacco industry giants is highlighted by the ongoing attempts by the industry to influence high-level policy.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🔗Link of the Week🔗
This week's link of the week is the South East Smokefree Alliance's Stop Smoking, Feel Happier campaign.
The campaign tells people who smoke about the mental health benefits of stopping smoking, and is touring the region on a roadshow.
www.quittogetherlivebetter.com/stoptober/
This week's link of the week is the South East Smokefree Alliance's Stop Smoking, Feel Happier campaign.
The campaign tells people who smoke about the mental health benefits of stopping smoking, and is touring the region on a roadshow.
www.quittogetherlivebetter.com/stoptober/
Stop Smoking, Feel Happier
‘Stop Smoking, Feel Happier’ is an exciting new regional campaign hitting the streets to dispel the common myth about smoking as a way of relieving stress and ask what makes the South East happy? Memb...
www.quittogetherlivebetter.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
🔗Link of the Week🔗
This week's link of the week is the South East Smokefree Alliance's Stop Smoking, Feel Happier campaign.
The campaign tells people who smoke about the mental health benefits of stopping smoking, and is touring the region on a roadshow.
www.quittogetherlivebetter.com/stoptober/
This week's link of the week is the South East Smokefree Alliance's Stop Smoking, Feel Happier campaign.
The campaign tells people who smoke about the mental health benefits of stopping smoking, and is touring the region on a roadshow.
www.quittogetherlivebetter.com/stoptober/
Great to hear Health Secretary Wes Streeting emphasising prevention ‘as the most progressive thing we can do’ for health in his @instituteforgovernment.org.uk speech
As he noted, the smokefree generation is of fundamental importance in delivering the shift to prevention, and improving public health
As he noted, the smokefree generation is of fundamental importance in delivering the shift to prevention, and improving public health
January 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Great to hear Health Secretary Wes Streeting emphasising prevention ‘as the most progressive thing we can do’ for health in his @instituteforgovernment.org.uk speech
As he noted, the smokefree generation is of fundamental importance in delivering the shift to prevention, and improving public health
As he noted, the smokefree generation is of fundamental importance in delivering the shift to prevention, and improving public health
Positive news from @freshsmokefree.bsky.social that illicit tobacco purchasing has become less frequent with people buying it less often.
www.asiantrader.biz/illegal-toba...
www.asiantrader.biz/illegal-toba...
Illegal tobacco use ‘less frequent’ among North East smokers: survey
Despite a decrease in illegal tobacco purchasing in the North East, the trade still thrives, endangering our children and fueling organized crime. Are we willing to turn a blind eye to the deadly cons...
www.asiantrader.biz
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Positive news from @freshsmokefree.bsky.social that illicit tobacco purchasing has become less frequent with people buying it less often.
www.asiantrader.biz/illegal-toba...
www.asiantrader.biz/illegal-toba...
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Smoking at the time of delivery is now at a record low across Humber and North Yorkshire.
We welcome new data showing that fewer than 5% of women were smoking between July–September.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2574750...
We welcome new data showing that fewer than 5% of women were smoking between July–September.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2574750...
Smoking during pregnancy drops to lowest level on record across the region
According to new NHS England data, smoking rates among pregnant women have fallen to their lowest level on record across Yorkshire.
www.yorkpress.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Smoking at the time of delivery is now at a record low across Humber and North Yorkshire.
We welcome new data showing that fewer than 5% of women were smoking between July–September.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2574750...
We welcome new data showing that fewer than 5% of women were smoking between July–September.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2574750...
Dr Chris van Tulleken shares what he thinks cigarette filters should really be called 🤔🚬
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Dr Chris van Tulleken shares what he thinks cigarette filters should really be called 🤔🚬
📊 ASH data shows that only 25% of adults know the truth about cigarette filters – that they provide no health benefit to people who smoke
As our CE @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social says, filters are a “marketing con to keep people smoking, protecting tobacco industry profits” 🚬
As our CE @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social says, filters are a “marketing con to keep people smoking, protecting tobacco industry profits” 🚬
Experts issue warning after study's grim discovery on cigarette filters: 'In the interests of public health'
Researchers argue that cigarette filters originated simply as a marketing ploy and may actually do more harm than good.
www.thecooldown.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
📊 ASH data shows that only 25% of adults know the truth about cigarette filters – that they provide no health benefit to people who smoke
As our CE @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social says, filters are a “marketing con to keep people smoking, protecting tobacco industry profits” 🚬
As our CE @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social says, filters are a “marketing con to keep people smoking, protecting tobacco industry profits” 🚬
Towards the end of last year we updated our organisational values, working as a small (but mighty💪) team to reflect on what was important to us.
Read more about the process and outcome in a new blog by Deputy CE @carolinecerny.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre...
Read more about the process and outcome in a new blog by Deputy CE @carolinecerny.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre...
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Towards the end of last year we updated our organisational values, working as a small (but mighty💪) team to reflect on what was important to us.
Read more about the process and outcome in a new blog by Deputy CE @carolinecerny.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre...
Read more about the process and outcome in a new blog by Deputy CE @carolinecerny.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre...
Reposted by Action on Smoking Health (UK)
Great to join the South East Tobacco Alliance as their roadshow visited Surrey. Their region-wide campaign is telling smokers about the mental health benefits of quitting and busting the myths that smoking improves mental health. Lots more to come in the next few weeks
January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Great to join the South East Tobacco Alliance as their roadshow visited Surrey. Their region-wide campaign is telling smokers about the mental health benefits of quitting and busting the myths that smoking improves mental health. Lots more to come in the next few weeks
🔗Links of the week🔗
Every Friday, ASH Daily News rounds up the most interesting stories, research, and resources on tobacco control and health prevention. Here are this week’s 👇📖
Every Friday, ASH Daily News rounds up the most interesting stories, research, and resources on tobacco control and health prevention. Here are this week’s 👇📖
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🔗Links of the week🔗
Every Friday, ASH Daily News rounds up the most interesting stories, research, and resources on tobacco control and health prevention. Here are this week’s 👇📖
Every Friday, ASH Daily News rounds up the most interesting stories, research, and resources on tobacco control and health prevention. Here are this week’s 👇📖
New research has found that duty increases on the least expensive tobacco products, in this case hand-rolling tobacco, would deliver public health gains and reduce health inequalities.
This research supports ASH’s call to close the tax gap between hand rolled tobacco and factory-made cigarettes.
This research supports ASH’s call to close the tax gap between hand rolled tobacco and factory-made cigarettes.
New year, new modelling study. Out now in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social.
We modelled the impact of recent and potential future government policy around hand-rolled tobacco taxes, finding that narrowing the (substantial) price gap with standard tobacco improves public health & narrows inequalities
We modelled the impact of recent and potential future government policy around hand-rolled tobacco taxes, finding that narrowing the (substantial) price gap with standard tobacco improves public health & narrows inequalities
Reducing the exceptional affordability of hand-rolling tobacco using tax escalators: a health and economic impact modelling study for England
Background Hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) remains more affordable than factory-made (FM) cigarettes in the UK, which could undermine the health benefits of tobacco tax increases. This study modelled healt...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
New research has found that duty increases on the least expensive tobacco products, in this case hand-rolling tobacco, would deliver public health gains and reduce health inequalities.
This research supports ASH’s call to close the tax gap between hand rolled tobacco and factory-made cigarettes.
This research supports ASH’s call to close the tax gap between hand rolled tobacco and factory-made cigarettes.
Baroness Merron has written to peers in the House of Lords reinforcing the Government’s position that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will apply in Northern Ireland.
ASH agrees with this assessment and that tobacco industry claims the law is not compliant with EU law will yet again turn out to be false
ASH agrees with this assessment and that tobacco industry claims the law is not compliant with EU law will yet again turn out to be false
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Baroness Merron has written to peers in the House of Lords reinforcing the Government’s position that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will apply in Northern Ireland.
ASH agrees with this assessment and that tobacco industry claims the law is not compliant with EU law will yet again turn out to be false
ASH agrees with this assessment and that tobacco industry claims the law is not compliant with EU law will yet again turn out to be false
ASH CEO @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social highlights that the smokefree generation is 'a historic shift in public health' in her open letter to retailers, outlining how the policy delivers long-term benefits for businesses as well as communities 🚭
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
ASH CEO @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social highlights that the smokefree generation is 'a historic shift in public health' in her open letter to retailers, outlining how the policy delivers long-term benefits for businesses as well as communities 🚭
With just under a year to go until the smokefree generation takes effect, ASH CEO @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social has written to retailers to discuss what the policy means for businesses and highlight the long-term benefits of the policy for retailers and for children’s health.
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
With just under a year to go until the smokefree generation takes effect, ASH CEO @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social has written to retailers to discuss what the policy means for businesses and highlight the long-term benefits of the policy for retailers and for children’s health.
Reposted by Action on Smoking Health (UK)
The latest phase of our #SmokingSurvivors campaign is back. Real stories show the serious harm smoking causes - from heart disease to cancer. Every cigarette takes around 20 minutes off your life. Stopping reduces harm and gives life back, no matter how many times you’ve tried.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The latest phase of our #SmokingSurvivors campaign is back. Real stories show the serious harm smoking causes - from heart disease to cancer. Every cigarette takes around 20 minutes off your life. Stopping reduces harm and gives life back, no matter how many times you’ve tried.
🙌Huge congratulations to Professor Ann McNeill who has been awarded a CBE for services to research into addiction and mental health. We are delighted to see Ann's lifesaving work recognised.
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Colleagues recognised in New Year Honours List 2025 | King's College London
Several members of the King's community have received honours from King Charles III.
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🙌Huge congratulations to Professor Ann McNeill who has been awarded a CBE for services to research into addiction and mental health. We are delighted to see Ann's lifesaving work recognised.
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The NHS has launched a free health and wellbeing quiz: the Healthy Choices Quiz. The quiz takes 5 minutes to complete and provides personalised recommendations and NHS resources to make positive changes towards a healthier life. The quiz is here: www.nhs.uk/hcquiz
January 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The NHS has launched a free health and wellbeing quiz: the Healthy Choices Quiz. The quiz takes 5 minutes to complete and provides personalised recommendations and NHS resources to make positive changes towards a healthier life. The quiz is here: www.nhs.uk/hcquiz
🚨We are just one year away from the landmark smokefree generation policy coming into force - phasing out the sale of tobacco, ending the harm from tobacco for the next generation.
📈ASH data shows how much young people regret starting smoking.
📈ASH data shows how much young people regret starting smoking.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
🚨We are just one year away from the landmark smokefree generation policy coming into force - phasing out the sale of tobacco, ending the harm from tobacco for the next generation.
📈ASH data shows how much young people regret starting smoking.
📈ASH data shows how much young people regret starting smoking.
Reposted by Action on Smoking Health (UK)
🎉 Absolutely thrilled to see four ADPH members on this year's New Year Honours List.
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
December 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🎉 Absolutely thrilled to see four ADPH members on this year's New Year Honours List.
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏