World No Tobacco Day - More Europeans Support Smoke-Free Policies, New Eurobarometer Reveals
The majority of European citizens are in favour of smoke-free policies, according to the results of a new Eurobarometer on
Tobacco presented by EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou in the European
Parliament to mark World No
Tobacco Day on 31 May. An
read more ...06/04/07
Doctors Call For Tough Measures To Break The Tobacco Trap To Protect Children From Tobacco Smoke In Scotland
Ten-pack
cigarettes should be banned, shops that sell
cigarettes should be required to have licences and keep
cigarettes under the counter and
tobacco vending machines should be outlawed. These are the some of the hard-hitting recommendations in the BMA'
read more ...05/07/07
UK Coalition Joins EU Pledge To Fight Fire With Fire Safer Cigarettes
Fire fighters, fire victims and campaigners from across Europe have come together to form a powerful coalition. Their objective is to drive through new measures to prevent much of the avoidable death and disfigurement arising from fires caused by cigaret
read more ...03/01/07
Cancer Research UK Dismayed Over Tobacco Meeting At European Parliament
Cancer Research UK is today expressing dismay at the news that the European
Parliament is hosting a British American
Tobacco (BAT) lobbying event on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of
tobacco control, sa
read more ...01/16/07
Health Secretary Announces Date England Will Go Smokefree
All enclosed public places and workplaces will become smokefree from 1st July 2007, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced today.
read more ...12/04/06