Join us at the next FPH Distinguished Lecture on #FuturePublicHealth with Linda Bauld, Kevin Fenton, Prof. Tracy Daszkiewicz, Alice Wiseman, Abdul Razaq, Tim Allison & Alice Kadri to discuss the importance of commercial determinants of health.

Register here ➡️ fph.org.uk/events-courses…

It's been a busy week for all the team! If anyone missed our Director giving evidence to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill committee here is the link. Big thanks to all the people who gave evidence based input in support of #smokefreegeneration . youtu.be/M3J1ZI4CgeU

Most smokers start young, leading to a lifetime of poor health. Shocking to hear from young smokers in the NE regretting every starting and already feeling the drain on their health. Raising the age of sale is vital is vital to protect the next generation
#smokefreegeneration

Another reason for a #smokefreegeneration
#copd
Asthma + Lung UK

Further support for #smokefreegeneration
British Heart Foundation Asthma + Lung UK Age UK Campaigns
Powerful opening remarks to Bill committee

Yesterday, Richmond Group member CEOs Charmaine Griffiths ,Sarah Sleet and Paul Farmer visited UK Parliament to discuss and deliver evidence to the Public Bill Committee for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

You can watch the session in full here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/18……

The myth that smoking relieves anxiety and stress has caused huge damage, causing and worsening people’s mental health, and why smoking is the leading reason behind the 15-20 year reduced life expectancy for people with mental ill health.

📺Mark Rowland (Mark Rowland), CEO of Mental Health Foundation, speaks about the need to increase public and professional awareness about the harmful impact of smoking on mental health and wellbeing.

📺Mr Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (The Royal College of Surgeons of England), describes the potential impact of a smokefree society on the health service and society at large.

📺Professor Sanjay Agrawal (Sanjay Agrawal) gives evidence to the Committee for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill:

'It feels to me that this bill is a momentous occasion, where once and for all we can do something, for people along their whole life course.'

Here is the link to the afternoon session of the #Tobacco #Vapes #Bill in parliament and a fantastic line up of world leading experts speaking parliamentlive.tv/event/index/a9…

#smokefreegeneration #smokefreefuture

Important further sessions today on tobacco and vapes bill including evidence from Professor Chris Whitty
Watch here parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/19…
Association of DsPH North East North East and North Cumbria NHS ASH

Thanks for this invite to Fresh - Making Smoking History to speak on this once in a lifetime opp to end the biggest cause of cancer ie tobacco smoking. In my session I covered a number of points including the huge support across the NE for #Smokefreegeneration

“Tobacco is devastating – it’s devastating to every individual who dies way too young, it’s devastating to the family who lose their loved one.”

Watch our Director Ailsa Rutter giving evidence to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee this afternoon 🔽

Fresh is giving evidence on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee this afternoon. You can watch here🔽
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/15…

The BHF 'fatty cigarette' quit smoking ad was one of the most powerful in history and an example of how campaigns work as population level interventions. Still today we hear people in the North East talk about it as a reason they quit, tried to quit or put them off starting

'We know that the tobacco industry would be campaigning...to limit any restrictions that would impact [the Bill's] success...we urge the committee to protect the Bill from being diluted.'

Watch powerful testimony from Charmaine Griffiths, explaining why MPs must support the Tobacco &…

“Heart disease is the world’s biggest killer…[and] smoking is one of the major forces driving cardiovascular disease…Today, 350 young people will start smoking for the first time.”

A sobering reminder from Charmaine Griffiths why the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is so important and why MPs…

The Tobacco & Vapes Bill could help create the first #SmokefreeGeneration . Michelle Mitchell gave evidence to the committee & set out why it’s vital to raise the age of sale so no one born after the start of 2009 can legally be sold tobacco - the biggest cause of cancer in the UK.