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The 685,000 Scots who smoke are being urged to make attempts to quit tobacco on No Smoking Day to win better physical health, mental wellbeing and personal finances. The call comes from health charity ASH Scotland, Public Health Scotland (PHS) and the Scottish Government as part of the 2025 national ‘Quit and Win’ No Smoking…

A leading European tobacco control expert is encouraging elected representatives in Scotland and across the UK to dismiss tobacco industry attempts to weaken measures in the UK Government’s four-nations Tobacco and Vapes Bill which is progressing through Westminster. The call comes ahead of Lilia Olefir, Director of the Smoke Free Partnership (a European coalition of…

ASH Scotland is today (Thursday 27 February 2025) marking the 20-year anniversary of the World Heath Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) coming into force by challenging the Scottish Parliament to dismiss Big Tobacco’s attempts to disrupt the development of progressive health policies. The health charity’s call comes on the back of the Scottish…

People across Scotland who have successfully given up smoking in the last couple of years are being encouraged by ASH Scotland to share their stories about how they managed to quit. Scots who have stopped using tobacco are urged to share what motivated their quit smoking attempts and if they gave up through sheer personal…

ASH Scotland is encouraging people across Scotland who smoke to aim for a tobacco-free 2025 to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. The health charity’s call is part of its campaign promoting NHS Scotland’s free, expert stop-smoking support services. Quitting smoking is one of the most impactful steps a person can take to lower their…

The number of Scots making quit smoking attempts with the help of NHS Scotland’s expert smoking cessation services rose to 30,314 in 2023/24, representing a 12.4% increase from 26,963 in 2022/23, according to an annual NHS Stop Smoking Services Scotland report published by Public Health Scotland. There was also a 5.9% rise in the numbers…

A Senior Policy Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) is challenging Scotland to dismiss industry attempts at influencing health policy and uphold its evidence-based precautionary stance against recommending e-cigarettes to be used in quit smoking attempts. The call comes ahead of today’s (Tuesday 17 December) Health Committee scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Tobacco and…

ASH Scotland is offering the health charity’s thanks to the 415 cross party MPs who voted in favour of the UK Government’s four nations Tobacco and Vapes Bill after its second reading in the House of Commons tonight (Tuesday 26 November 2024). Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive of ASH Scotland, said: “With tobacco continuing to be…

ASH Scotland is urging elected representatives at Westminster and Holyrood to make rapid progress with the recently introduced Tobacco and Vapes Bill, following the 2023 Scottish Health Survey figures published today (Tuesday 12 November 2024) showing a stagnation in the decreasing trend of Scotland’s national smoking rate and suggesting a widening of the smoking inequalities…

ASH Scotland is encouraging youth groups to join the charity’s new Youth Conversations Hub where learning and resources on smoking and vaping are being shared to enable young people to make confident, informed decisions to protect their long-term health. The hub will be hosting a series of in-person and online events in upcoming months to…