The perception of harm around vaping is taking a turn for the worse, as four in ten smokers (39%) in Britain incorrectly believe vaping is as or more harmful than smoking, according to the latest ASH...
Children are increasingly exposed to e-cigarettes on display in shops, and are more likely to buy from small shops, a new study has found. Using data from the annual ASH survey of youth vaping, collected over...
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, has urged the government to ban the sale and manufacture of single use vapes by 2024, on environmental and health grounds. The LGA said...
Health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has urged the MPs to call government to account for ‘years of inaction’ on vaping. Giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee topical session on vaping...
A year on from the publication of Javed Khan’s independent report, setting out his recommendations for how to make smoking obsolete, campaigners said the government has found less than a quarter of the investment Khan said...
A new survey by health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has found no significant change between 2022 and 2023 in the proportion of 11-17 year olds currently vaping (6.9% in 2022 and 7.6% in...
The number of regular vapers in Britain reached 4.3 million people in 2022, or 8.3 per cent of the adult population, the highest rate ever, according to a new ASH data. The annual Smokefree GB survey,...
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has issued a briefing for local authorities on youth vaping. While the document, available here, is designed for public health officials and trading standards officers, it also contains useful information...
The number of smokers has reached an all-time high of 1.1 billion, a report published by the Lancet has revealed. The research will provide further impetus to those promoting the role of harm-reduction products such as...
A new film telling the stories of some of the estimated one million people who quit smoking during the first lock down has been released to mark the successes of 2020. The film, commissioned by Southend...
Experts from across the e-cigarette, tobacco control and healthcare sectors will come together this week for the E-Cigarette Summit, an event aimed at helping improve the scientific understanding of this still-new category. The online event runs...
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