ASH Research Report: Impact of Secondhand smoke on Children
Although children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the UK has fallen, around 4 million people still smoke in the presence of children. Educational campaigns are needed to raise awareness of the...
View ArticleASH Research Report: Secondhand Smoke
This Research Report examines the scientific knowledge and health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke. ASH Research Report: Secondhand Smoke The post ASH Research Report: Secondhand Smoke appeared...
View ArticleASH Research Report: Asthma and smoking
This Research Report examines asthma and smoking: the causes and the consequences. ASH Research Report: Asthma and smoking The post ASH Research Report: Asthma and smoking appeared first on Action on...
View ArticleSmoking Still Kills
The five-year strategy set out in the Government’s Tobacco Control Plan for England comes to an end in 2015. Smoking Still Kills proposes new targets for a renewed national strategy to accelerate the...
View ArticleSmoking Cessation in Pregnancy: A review of the Challenge
In March 2012 the then Public Health Minister set a challenge to the public health community to identify how progress could be made to further reduce the number of women who smoke during pregnancy. The...
View ArticleThe Stolen Years
The Mental Health and Smoking Action Report People with mental health conditions die on average 10-20 years earlier than the general population and smoking is the single largest factor accounting for...
View ArticleTobacco and Oral Health
This report provides an overview of the health impact of smoking and smokeless tobacco on on oral health. Tobacco and Oral Health The post Tobacco and Oral Health appeared first on Action on Smoking...
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Counter Arguments – How important is tobacco to small retailers?
This report scrutinises the messages sent to small retailers by the tobacco industry and asks whether the traditional approach to selling tobacco in small shops is still in retailers’ best interests,...
View ArticleSmokefree: The First Ten Years
Produced to mark the tenth anniversary of smokefree legislation in England, this report looks at the shifting public attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control measures over the past decade. The...
View ArticleSmokefree Skills: an assessment of maternity workforce training
This report provides an analysis of the training that midwives and obstetricians receive to address smoking in pregnant women, and what further training is needed. Smoking is a major cause of...
View ArticleSmoking in pregnancy challenge group, Review of the Challenge 2018
The Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group released a report on the 4th July 2018 calling for Government action to tackle smoking in pregnancy. The new report shines light on the progress towards the...
View ArticleSmoking in the home: New solutions for a Smokefree Generation
Smoking in the home: New solutions for a Smokefree Generation considers the impact of smoking in the home and what policy measures could be taken across all housing tenures reduce its prevalence, with...
View ArticleA Change in the Air
A Change in the Air presents the findings of a study of smokefree policy and practice in mental health trusts in England. The findings are principally drawn from a survey of mental health trusts...
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The Costs of Smoking to Social Care
The information below summarises an analysis by Howard Reed of Landman Economics for Action on Smoking & Health, entitled “The Cost of Smoking to the Social Care System in England” first carried...
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Smoking and Poverty
The information below summarises an analysis by Howard Reed of Landman Economics for Action on Smoking and Health, entitled “Smoking and Poverty”. The research shows that the high cost of tobacco is...
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Smokefree Skills: Community Mental Health
ASH analysis, based on a survey of mental health professionals (nurses and psychiatrists) working in the community, found that there is low awareness of very brief advice (VBA) among mental health...
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Progress towards smokefree mental health services
This report presents the findings of a survey of NHS mental health trusts in England conducted by ASH for Public Health England in Spring 2019. It examines whether the Government’s...
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Many ways forward
This report presents the findings from an online survey of tobacco control leads in local authorities in England. Findings include that many opportunities exist for local authority commissioners of...
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Smoking, employability, and wages
This new report considers the impact of smoking on employability and wages. The findings demonstrate the profound impact that smoking is having on society. Smokers are 11% less likely to be employed...
View ArticleSmokefree: The First Ten Years
Produced to mark the tenth anniversary of smokefree legislation in England, this report looks at the shifting public attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control measures over the past decade. The...
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