Legislation
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Impact of smoking ban on the most exposed children
High levels of secondhand smoke exposure in children are known to have adverse consequences for arterial health. However, there is no information about the proportion of children in England that are exposed to these levels, whether it has changed over...
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Plain packaging opposition in the UK
A public consultation aimed to help the government gather evidence on the potential impacts of plain packaging ran between the 16th April 2012 and the 10th August 2012. In response to this consultation, the tobacco industry and its allies launched...
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Smokeless tobacco illegally sold via the internet
We discovered that snus, a smokeless tobacco banned in all EU countries except Sweden, is easily obtainable online - contravening three pieces of EU legislation. Is Swedish legislation doing enough to prohibit exports to other EU countries?
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Smoking ban linked to drop in admissions for heart attacks
We have observed a 2.4 per cent drop in the number of emergency admissions to hospital for a heart attack following the implementation of smokefree legislation in England. The legislation was introduced on 1 July 2007 and this study was...
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Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke on decline
Children’s second-hand smoke exposure and health inequalities declined in the build-up to the Smoke-free Legislation in England