Northern Ireland to ban single use vapes in 2025 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

Decline in cigarette consumption has ‘plateaued’, study finds itv.com/news/2024-05-0…

NYC’s most outspoken smokers’ rights activist keeps up the fight by growing her own tobacco and calling her backyard ‘Screw You, Michael Bloomberg Gardens’.

Great to see our old friend Audrey Silk featured in the New York Post!

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Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push reuters.com/business/healt…

USA: Biden administration shelves plan to ban menthol cigarettes wsj.com/politics/polic…

Tobacco and Vapes Bill - another stitch up | Velvet Glove, Iron Fist velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2024/04/tobacc…

“Despite 165 Tory MPs either abstaining or voting against the smoking ban, the 16-member Committee contains exactly zero MPs who who voted against it.” order-order.com/2024/04/25/opp…

Opposition Extinguished From Smoking Ban Committee order-order.com/2024/04/25/opp…

The council that went bust and was forced to raise council tax by 21% now plans to tackle smoking and create a ‘smoke-free culture’. That figures. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

Generational smoking ban is ‘unworkable and unenforceable’ kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/smok…

🆕News from ASH
From 1 October 2024, Hazel Cheeseman will take up the role of chief executive of ASH.

Hazel was appointed by the Trustees following an open and competitive recruitment process, in advance of the retirement of Deborah Arnott.
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Looking forward to a video from BAT celebrating our 45th anniversary! 😉

NHS spent hundreds of thousands of pounds helping 880 smokers in Milton Keynes quit last year, but only 391 (44%) were successful.

Good use of public money that could be spent on other NHS services? miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/nh…

Philip Morris boosted by demand for smoke-free products bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Cigarette prices motivating more quit attempts, study says bbc.in/4aLCvD8

MoD blocked from including ‘Glory to Ukraine’ message with free cigarettes for troops after being advised that the move was illegal under anti-smoking legislation. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

‘We know already from the war on drugs (among other things) that the end result of prohibition is a black market; this will be as true for cigarettes for younger generations as it is for recreational drugs now.’ theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

New study highlights importance of vape flavours conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/…

Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban will turn the next generation into permanent infants, says Lionel Shriver
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Arrest after 1.2m 'illegal' cigarettes seized from van

One man, one van … and this is BEFORE the creeping prohibition of cigarettes and other tobacco products. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…