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- The cigarette industry should be destroyed for the benefit of public health, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, the UK Government’s Chief Medical Adviser, has said.
- ASH PRESS RELEASE: •Health Secretary @MattHancock confirms "it is abundantly clear that smoking makes the impact of a coronavirus worse" •Bristol GP and ASH urging smokers to quit to protect themselves and others Read here: bit.ly/2IVfgv9 #QuitforCovid #COVID19
- The claim that vaping is more addictive than smoking cigarettes is not supported by the evidence. This type of reporting is likely a driver for smokers believing that vaping is equally as/more harmful than smoking. Read our mythbuster for more @sara_kayat
- ASH CEO Deborah Arnott on US vape deaths: “We are not seeing the sort of problems they are seeing in America. This is an acute outbreak. It’s not due to chronic vaping.” Watch the full roundtable discussion on UK perspectives on #vaping bit.ly/2oaU65k #ecigs #health
00:00 - “E-cigarettes are the best option for smokers wanting help to quit. “Not only are they as effective as varenicline and cytisine, but more to the point, they’re widely available and cheap.”
- New @ASH_LDN and @UCLBehaveChange figures show a million people have stopped smoking since #COVID19 hit! Biggest fall in smoking in a decade #QuitforCovid #Smokefree2030
- 🆕Addressing common myths about vaping: Putting the evidence in context This new briefing has been peer-reviewed by 16 leading clinical and academic experts on vaping, nicotine and tobacco addiction. It rebuts the top 6 most-repeated myths about vaping. ash.org.uk/resources/view…
- Smoking has probably killed more people than COVID-19 in the same time period, @CMO_England has said. "The reason that people like me get very concerned and upset about [lung] cancer is it's almost entirely caused for profit."
- Today we — along with our partner organisations and colleagues — are celebrating the 50th anniversary of ASH! #ASHat50
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves to Committee Stage with overwhelming support from MPs backed by tobacco retailers, the public, including smokers, and health leaders #BacktheBill to create a #SmokefreeGeneration
- ASH Chief Executive Deborah Arnott at this morning's evidence session on youth vaping. We reduced youth smoking rates by regulating tobacco to make it less affordable, less visible and less appealing to children. We need to do the same with vaping.
00:00 - ASH CEO Deborah Arnott puts US vape deaths into context: “1,300 people a day die from smoking in America, that’s the real public #health epidemic and nobody is talking about that.” Watch the full roundtable discussion on UK perspectives on #vaping bit.ly/2oaU65k #ecigs
00:00 - Delighted to see treating tobacco dependence a key feature of the @NHSEngland long-term plan with specialist support for pregnant women and smokers with long-term mental health conditions
