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ASH Scotland is urging the Scottish Government and regional NHS health boards to build on the success illustrated by the latest Scottish Health Survey figures which suggest a significant narrowing of the smoking inequalities gap between the country’s most and least deprived communities. The charity is welcoming the statistics showing increasing numbers of people in…

ASH Scotland today declared its support for proposals in the ‘Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping’ consultation, run by the UK Government and devolved administrations, to restrict e-cigarette flavourings, packaging and marketing as well as banning disposable vaping products to halt what leading respiratory paediatricians in Scotland have described as ‘fast becoming a…

ASH Scotland is today declaring its support for the proposal in the ‘Creating a smokefree generation’ consultation run by the UK Government and devolved administrations, including the Scottish Government, which would see legislation being brought forward to make it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. The…

Health charity ASH Scotland is welcoming the Scottish Government’s publication of its new Tobacco and Vaping Framework today. Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive of ASH Scotland, said: “We warmly welcome the new Tobacco and Vaping Framework and the Scottish Government’s determination to act as a public health priority on reducing the horrendous impacts imposed by the…

Health charity ASH Scotland responded to the King’s Speech today by urging quicker progress towards taking on the profiteering tobacco industry and its lethal products to achieve a tobacco-free Scotland by 2034. Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive of ASH Scotland, said: “We welcome the determination to act on reducing the horrendous impacts imposed by the tobacco industry…

ASH Scotland welcomed today’s announcement by the UK Government that it is launching a joint UK-wide consultation ‘to create first smokefree generation and crack down on youth vaping’, whilst also calling on the Scottish Government to take immediate action to restrict the advertising and promotions of e-cigarettes. Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive of ASH Scotland, said:…

ASH Scotland is raising concerns about a consultation led by the UK Government in collaboration with the devolved administrations, including the Scottish Government, that invites the participation of ‘interested businesses’ to shape health policy without stated parameters, a development which contravenes World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines forbidding interference by the tobacco industry or its allies.…

New research led by the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with Turning Point Scotland and NHS Grampian involving people living in areas of multiple deprivation has uncovered powerful community perspectives which could lead to more effective smoking prevention campaigning and higher take-up of NHS free quit smoking services across the region. Findings from the Participatory…

ASH Scotland celebrated its 50th anniversary at an event in Dundee which highlighted the health charity’s collaborative work with community-focused organisations in the city to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco and related products, and the free support that is available from the NHS Tayside to support people aiming to give up smoking. Founded…

During an event at Camelon Community Centre to mark ASH Scotland’s 50th anniversary, the charity highlighted its collaborative work with community-focused organisations across Forth Valley to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco and related products, and the free support that is available from the NHS to support people aiming to give up smoking. Founded…