Looking forward to meeting colleagues from Young Scot ASH Scotland Children in Scotland YouthLink Scotland today, to continue our discussion about Scotland's childrens' right to early education and prevention work on vaping and the incorporation of #UNCRC in Scotland.

We caught up with Professor Richard Edwards who was in Edinburgh for the #SRNT2024 conference. He spoke to us about tobacco control endgame measures, which could encourage Scotland and other countries to become tobacco-free.

Watch it here - bit.ly/3xmRh4o

The final consultation for the ban on disposable vapes by The Scottish Government is now open. This consultation covers the implementation of the ban.
You can access it here - bit.ly/3U0TLya

The closing date is 14 May

Our CEO Sheila Duffy was on STV News last night talking about new research from University of Glasgow about the link between social media and e-cigarettes use in teenagers.

Watch the full program here - player.stv.tv/episode/4krf/s…

Ahead of #WorldHealthDay , watch this video by World Health Organization (WHO) exposing the tobacco industry tactics to win public influence and interfere with health policies that will negatively impact generations to come.
#TobaccoExposed bit.ly/3T6nGVC

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Learning Day! We had a chat with some of the people there and heard what they had to say about the day.

To watch the guest speakers from the Learning Day, head to our YouTube channel - youtube.com/channel/UCu0AR…

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As part of our 50th Anniversary Learning Day event, Dr Jonathan Coutts from Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children spoke about the harms of nicotine during pregnancy.

Watch his full talk on our YouTube channel - bit.ly/4czU0Y9

Vaping in schools was the topic of BBC Radio Scotland #GMS show yesterday. Our CEO Sheila Duffy was invited to talk about the long term harms of vaping, particularly to young people who are still developing.

You can listen to the full piece here - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Scotland's Charter for a tobacco-free Generation was signed by Aberdeen Youth Movement. They've pledged to raise awareness of the mental and physical harms of smoking with the young people in Aberdeen.

Read the full story here - bit.ly/3Tqrf7M

Look out for our CEO, Sheila Duffy, on BBC Scotland this evening, giving our response to this afternoon’s Ministerial Statement on Working Towards a Tobacco-free Scotland by 2034 and Tackling Youth Vaping.

For details of our response, visit ashscotland.org.uk/response/

To kickstart our 50th anniversary Learning Day event, Jules Goodlet-Rowley spoke about the @Scotgov's Tobacco and Vaping Framework work towards achieving a tobacco-free Scotland by 2034.

You can watch her whole talk on our YouTube channel - bit.ly/49e42eG

Our Information and Research Officer, Rob Tempelaar, was delighted to participate in this thought-provoking #smokefree homes workshop and hear about international developments and approaches. #SRNT2024

Our CEO, Sheila Duffy, was delighted to be a co-presenter with Professors Janet Hoek, Anaru Waa, Professor Coral Gartner + Richard Edwards at today's 'From evidence to action: Using research to stimulate radical change in commercial tobacco control policy' pre- #SRNT2024 conference workshop.

Congratulations to ASH Scotland who held a Parliamentary Reception last week to celebrate their 50th anniversary. 🥳

Raouf Alebshehy attended the event in Edinburgh which recognised the positive and lasting impacts that ASH Scotland have made to the world of #tobaccocontrol .

We welcome the measures in GOV.UK's Tobacco and Vapes Bill to reduce use of tobacco, which is the biggest preventable killer in Scotland, and tackling the rise of youth vaping to protect the health of young people now and future generations.

Read more - bit.ly/3PtmYit

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Here are some of the highlights from our No Smoking Day events!

Thank you to everyone who showed their support, posted on social media, ran an event or just raised awareness of the harms go smoking, and where to get support to stop.
#NSD24