You need to be licensed to open a hairdressers, a taxi firm or to sell alcohol - but not to sell cigarettes or vapes. Cross-party calls for a #RetailRegister are being led by Mabon ap Gwynfor AS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Griffiths MS and Dr Altaf Hussain MS @senedd today #SmokeFreeWales

Utterly beautiful x

Countdown is on for the 2024 Wales Tobacco or Health Network event. Superb speakers lined up - sharing what they know about new nicotine products, who is using them and why we need to be vigilant....
#smokefreegeneration Cancerfonden Trading Standards ASH Wales Cymru Tobacco Control Research Group

It’s GCSE time…good luck kids. (And for those of who leave school at 16 with not a lot to show for it…I did too, it’s fine…there are other ways to find and measure success. X)

What a gorgeous start to the day ☀️

Gladstone's Library is a place for solo work and also for companionship. Word-of-mouth, friendship and community keep the Library going.

So please tag the friend - or friends - you'd bring here for a cup of tea (or coffee) and a chat. We'd love to meet them!

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Dreading going back to work tomorrow and looking for something new? ColegauCymru | CollegesWales is looking for a Policy Officer to join our team. All the details here 👇 Public Affairs Cymru

Spent the day with Welsh Thoracic Society learning about the incredible work going on across Wales. The innovation, creativity and commitment to patients is awe inspiring Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Hywel Dda UHB Betsi Cadwaladr Powys Teaching Health Board Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Swansea Bay NHS #smokefreewales

Diolch Mabon ap Gwynfor AS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for joining Cancer Research UK in Wales and ASH Wales Cymru today to talk about the Tobacco and Vapes Bill - a much-needed piece of legislation to deliver a Smokefree Wales

Diolch Mike Hedges for joining Cancer Research UK in Wales
and ASH Wales Cymru today to discuss the Tobacco and Vapes Bill - a much-needed piece of legislation to deliver a Smokefree Wales

Diolch Mabon ap Gwynfor AS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for your commitment to #smokefreewales ASH Wales Cymru Cancer Research UK in Wales

A table full of seized illegal vapes - At @senedd ASH Wales Cymru today to support understanding of what the Tobacco & Vapes Bill means for communities in Wales with Swansea Council and Cancer Research UK in Wales

Good day sunshine ☀️

Teenager playing Al Green in the kitchen. Makes me happy Tony McWilliam

Our summer internship position is now live! 🎉
We are recruiting for a Devolved Nation Public Affairs Intern who will be based in either Wales or Scotland.

If you're interested in getting some valuable experience in the world of public affairs and the charity sector do apply.…

Is there a better walk to work than this? 💙💜

When the 2006 vote on the indoor smoking ban took place, 125+ Conservative MPs voted against it, over half of the Conservative parliamentary party.

Yesterday only 57 out of 347 Conservative MPs opposed banning the sale of tobacco to those born after 2009.
ft.com/content/38abc3…

'Free choice does not exist when addiction drives desire. Members of parliament who opposed the smoking ban yesterday were defending a killer, not individual liberty.'
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…

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An important message from Sir Frank Atherton and the other UK CMOs on their united support for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which now moves onto committee stage scrutiny, after Welsh MPs of all parties played a crucial role in making it happen #Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ASH Wales Cymru #SmokefreeFuture