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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a pressure group which seeks to publicise the health risks associated with tobacco smoking and campaigns for greater restrictions thereon. Image File history File links No_smoking_symbol. ... Image File history File links No_smoking_symbol. ... Advocacy is an umbrella term for organized activism related to a particular set of issues. ... The cigarette is the most common method of smoking tobacco. ...


In February 2006, it won its campaign for a total ban of smoking in enclosed public places in England from summer 2007. This includes all pubs, bars, cafés and restaurants, as well as workplaces and private members clubs. Similar bans are coming into force in Scotland (March 2006), Northern Ireland (April 2007) and Wales (Autumn 2007). Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Motto: (Eng: No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) English, Welsh Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779 km² (3rd in...


The UK Government is also considering raising the minimum age of being allowed to buy cigarettes from 16 to 18.[citation needed] Politics of the United Kingdom take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic monarchy, in which the Prime Minister is the head of government. ...


ASH was established in 1971 by the Royal College of Physicians following the failure of the UK Government to act on the College's request for effective laws to reduce tobacco use. Former health minister, John Dunwoody, became its first director. College building by Denys Lasdun The Royal College of Physicians of London is the oldest medical institution in England (the oldest medical institution in the UK being the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), and among the most active of all medical professional organisations. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Right Honourable Dr. John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (June 3rd 1929 —January 27th 2006) was a British Labour politician. ...


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Smoking is Australia's no.1 preventable health problem - each year killing more than 15,000 people (including over 100 babies and children) and costing the nation $21 billion in health and social costs.
ASH Australia (Action on Smoking and Health) aims to reduce smoking rates to 10% or less by 2010.
Our Tobacco Action Calendar is also a useful guide to when and how you could make your voice heard.
healthfinder.gov — Action on Smoking and Health - ASH (149 words)
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) was organized to use the power of the law to protect the rights of nonsmokers.
ASH also conducts educational and awareness campaigns regarding the problem of smoking and the rights of nonsmokers.
Special reports prepared by ASH have included coverage of the economics of employees' smoking, the addiction to nicotine, and a comprehensive compilation of State and local legislation relating to the rights of nonsmokers.
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