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Archived press releases

1 Aug 2008	The tobacco plant - Is it beauty or the beast?
30 July 2008	Smoke free team won't run out of puff
17 Jul 2008	Tobacco Industry conceal radioactivity in cigarettes
10 Jul 2008	Scotland urged to follow Ireland's lead in tobacco control
4 Jul 2008	ASH Scotland wishes NHS a happy 60th anniversary
18 Jun 2008	Putting the boot into bootleggers
29 May 2008	Give out children a healthier future on World No Tobacco Day
21 May 2008	Scotland moves closer to a smoke free future
09 May 2008	Unique meeting gathers to discuss reducing smoking form Argyll & Bute to Lanarkshire
06 May 2008	ASH Scotland target health inequalities
25 Apr 2008	ASH Scotland comments on allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by the tobacco industry
24 Apr 2008	ASH Scotland comments on smoking in the home
18 Apr 2008	ASH Scotland comments on the health behaviour in school aged children report
26 Mar 2008	Two years on, Scots support smoke-free public places but believe more needs to be done
12 Mar 2008	ASH Scotland comments on today's budget
10 Mar 2008	ASH Scotland welcomes No Smoking Day and says support services are vital all year round
3 Mar 2008	ASH Scotland calls for action on illicit cigarette sales
28 Feb 2008	Innovative new guide aims to reduce tobacco sales to young people
25 Feb 2008	ASH Scotland announces new Director of Information & Communications
13 Feb 2008	ASH Scotland call for positive licensing system to be introduced in response to MSP Bill
12 Feb 2008	ASH Scotland welcomes discussion on cancer strategy
4 Feb 2008	ASH Scotland endorse World No Cancer Day?s message to protect children from dangers of second hand smoke in the home
31 Dec 2007	New ASH Scotland Chief Executive takes up post to lead on continuing challenges in tobacco control
11 Dec 2007	Only tobacco licensing can protect responsilbe retailers
20 Nov 2007	Health inequalities gap must be tackled if Scotland?s health to benefit
19 Nov 2007	ASH Scotland welcomes proposals to license tobacco sales
9 Nov 2007	ASH Scotland congratulates Glasgow on winning Commonwealth Games
31 Oct 2007	Unique meeting gathers to discuss reducing smoking from Aberdeen to Lothians
26 Oct 2007	ASH Scotland announce new Chief Executive to lead continuing challenges in tobacco control
05 Oct 2007	ASH Scotland welcomes RCP report on harm reduction in nicotine addiction
01 Oct 2007	Scottish Government must back tobacco age change with enforcement action
26 Sept 2007	Maureen Moore uses last major speech to call for a smoke-free Scotland
21 Sep 2007	Unique meeting in Inverness gathers to discuss reducing smoking throughout Highlands, Islands and North East
13 Sep 2007	Enforcement necessary if tobacco purchase age rise is to really tackle teen smoking
10 Sep 2007	ASH Scotland delighted as research shows positive benefits of Scotland?s smoke-free success
7 Sep 2007	ASH Scotland welcomes BMA Scotland Action Plan to tackle Scotland?s teen smoking
29 Aug 2007	ASH Scotland welcomes introduction of picture warnings
15 Aug 2007	Maureen Moore OBE announces retirement from ASH Scotland after 12 years service
13 Aug 2007	Enforcement, awareness, prevention and cessation needed to support age change
2 Aug 2007	Decline in smoking welcomed but health inequalities gap must be tackled
5 Jul 2007	New Health Report puts smoking on the map
1 Jul 2007	ASH Scotland welcomes England becoming smoke-free
21 Jun 2007	National Meeting discusses ways to protect children?s health from dangers of second-hand smoke in the home
6 Jun 2007	ASH Scotland comments on the the latest Scottish Household survey
5 Jun 2007	Rise in tobacco purchase age welcome if backed by enforcement, cessation and education
31 May 2007	ASH Scotland marks World No Tobacco day by highlighting Scotland?s Smoke Free Success
27 May 2007	ASH Scotland call for action as survey shows that 82% of underage children buy cigarettes from shops
18 May 2007	Populus poll results show huge support for smoking ban
26 Mar 2007	SCOT Manifesto 2007: Tobacco an ongoing challenge, prevention a priority
26 Mar 2007	ASH Scotland celebrates the one year anniversary of smoke-free legislation
21 Mar 2007	ASH Scotland comment on March 2007 Budget
14 Mar 2007	No Smoking Day 2007: there?s never been a better time to quit
6 Feb 2007	ASH Scotland comment ahead of Scottish Parliament Health Committee hearings on tobacco control
22 Jan 2007	ASH Scotland manifesto for 2007: tobacco remains the biggest challenge to Scotland?s health
12 Jan 2007	ASH Scotland comment on Scottish Medical Consortium approval of Champix
7 Dec 2006	ASH Scotland Chief Executive receives OBE
26 Nov 2006	Allen Carr, stop smoking guru, dies at 72
23 Nov 2006	European ruling on tobacco tax welcomed by ASH Scotland
22 Nov 2006	Report sets out far-reaching moves to stop kids smoking
9 Nov 2006	Tobacco industry concedes defeat in Scotland
6 Nov 2006	Chief Medical Officer boosts smoke-free public places
26 Sep 2006	Six months in and smoke-free Scotland looks better than ever
11 Sep 2006	ASH Scotland comment on CRUK press release
23 Aug 2006	ASH Scotland comments on SLTA survey
3 Aug 2006	Scotland making slow but steady progress on smoking
26 Jun 2006	Three months later: smoking ban is good for Scotland?s pubs
21 Jun 2006	ASH Scotland urges the government to require large, graphic cigarette warning labels
13 Jun 2006	Legal challenge to Scotland?s smoking ban collapses
31 May 2006	Scotland stars in World No Tobacco Day
28 May 2006	Tobacco campaigner lights up Scottish power poll
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