"Tobacco is not an illegal substance yet the government is persecuting a minority. I think that's a disgrace in a social democracy."
Sir Ronald Harwood,
Playwright and screenwriter
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- UK government announces tobacco control plan
- NHS Trust conducts poll on smoking in hospital grounds
- Chancellor criticised for increasing tobacco duty
- Scotland: time to rethink smoking ban, says Forest
- Sydney apartments stub out smoking
- UK government announces tobacco control plan
- NHS Trust conducts poll on smoking in hospital grounds
- Chancellor criticised for increasing tobacco duty
- Scotland: time to rethink smoking ban, says Forest
- Amend smoking ban "to help save the Irish pub"
- Shock horror! Prince Harry spotted smoking again
- British American Tobacco sets up new business to develop non-tobacco nicotine products
- UKIP vows to sack MSPs and scrap the smoking ban
- Australian government unveils "world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion"
- Smokers given new shelters at hospital after ignoring blanket ban
- Scotland: ban smoking in cars to protect children, says Labour
- USA: cigar smokers want right to smoke in public
- All US workplaces could be smoke-free by 2020, says CDC
- USA: e-cigarettes to be regulated as tobacco products
- Government to cut tobacco guidelines
- Hungary: tough new restrictions on public smoking
- China bans smoking in public places
- Passive smoking "may" raise boys' blood pressure ... and lower girls'
- Hospitals lose bid to make tobacco companies pay for smoking-related illnesses
- Belfast airport introduces smoking fee
- Spanish online smoking guide launched by Imperial Tobacco
- Was Osama bin Laden an anti-smoker?
- Mental patients banned from smoking outdoors win right to challenge ruling
- BBC's guide to rolling your own cigarette attacked as "breathtakingly irresponsible"
- Ireland: Government must act to stop pub closures
- Voices of Freedom to debate smokers' rights
- Challenge to Scottish cigarette machine ban rejected by Court of Session
- Scottish Government wants power to dictate price of tobacco
- Forest slams ban on smoking in New York parks, beaches and plazas
- Members of parliament unite to amend smoking ban
- Philip Morris sues Uruguay over anti tobacco legislation
- Imperial Tobacco praised for tobacco consultation response
- Don't discriminate against smokers, Forest tells NHS
- Imperial warns of "nanny state"
- ASH awarded WHO medal on 40th "birthday"
- Imperial loses appeal against vending machine ban
- Register now if you want to change the smoking ban
- Inner city pubs stubbed out by smoking ban
- Health minister under fire over ASH links
- Tory MP leads opposition to ban on smoking in cars
- Sticking an exhaust pipe in your car is safer than smoking says doctor
- MPs host event to change smoking ban
- Call to ban smoking in cars
- Imperial criticises DoH report on tobacco
- Is smoking still defensible?
- Report documents 'persecution' of smokers
- ASH criticised for trying to stifle open debate
- MP calls for a change to the smoking ban
- Forest slams proposal to ban smoking in cars
- Protest against town smoking ban proposal
- Forest Eireann: no need to ban smoking in cars
- EC reports massive majority against further tobacco controls
- Smoking rate reaches historic low in California
- Plain pack timetable will cause tobacco shortage, says BAT
- Councils threaten to ban smoking in parks
- I voted for smoking ban but I wouldn't vote for it again, says Labour MP
- Organised criminals target Scots smokers with illegal cigarettes
- Localism bill will not allow councils to ban smoking in parks and cars, says minister
- US tobacco companies sue over graphic warning labels
- US tobacco companies sue over graphic warning labels
- TV chef launches e-petition to amend smoking ban
- Antony Worrall Thompson right to fight for designated smoking rooms
- University fights to prevent tobacco company having access to "confidential" data
- Minister accused of intolerance after branding smokers 'foul'
- Kent pub wins Best Smoking Area award
- Forest at the Labour party conference
- Forest at the Conservative party conference
- Voice of the smoker not being heard, claims Forest Éireann
- Call for higher taxes on cigarettes
- Smoking ban in Ireland has had no effect on smokers, says chief medical officer
- Forest and Save Our Pubs & Clubs featured in BMJ's 'Lobby Watch'
- Doctor suggests tabloids publish daily smoking death toll
- Hospital smoking bans creating unintended safety issues for patients
- 'Smokers' manifesto' tour arrives in Dublin
- Cancer centre urges smokers to switch to smoke-free tobacco
- PM 'nervous' about car smoking ban
- Local authority to introduce no smoking policy at playgrounds
- Australia passes plain packaging laws
- Imperial Tobacco launches new campaign to support adult smokers
- Increasing taxation doesn't encourage smokers to quit
- Northern Ireland: smoking could be banned in all private cars
- Smoker vows to risk jail rather than pay litter fine
- Doctors call for smoking ban in cars
- Smoking in cars: BMA admits "error"
- Plain packaging: tobacco giant to sue Australian government
- Olympics: smoking to be banned in all ticketed areas
- Philip Morris fails to pursue Freedom of Information request
- Boston bans use of e-cigarettes in the workplace
- Now BAT challenges Australian plain pack laws
- 40 per cent of cancers caused by lifestyle including smoking, claims new report
- Welsh assembly government will not ban smoking in cars this term
- Friend of Forest acclaimed for her straight-talking columns
- Children and young people "hoodwinked" by cigarette packaging, says British Heart Foundation
- Revolution in smoking could "eradicate" the cigarette
- David Hockney appointed to Order of Merit
- Philip Morris USA launches Citizens for Tobacco Rights
- Chicago City Colleges adopts tobacco-free campus policy
- US mayor vetoes smoking ban
- Tobacco display ban could be delayed for several years
- Anti-smoking activists launch campaign to replace branded packs with "plain packs"
- Scotland's smoking ban branded a failure
- Smoker costs landlady £80 fine
- Parents invited to pledge to make their cars smoke-free for kids
- Should cigarettes have plain packets?
- Hockney hits back at "haters of tobacco"
- Forest to petition government against plain packaging
- Health warnings may violate tobacco company rights says judge
- Imperial loses appeal against tobacco display ban
- New stats claim to show "shocking" cost of smoking in North East
- Forest says no to ban on smoking in cars with children
- Forest announces no to plain packs campaign team
- Wales may allow smoking on film and TV sets
- One in seven packets of cigarettes is fake or smuggled
- Smoking "is a big turn off" says Department of Health
- Workers banned from using e-cigarettes in the office
- Forest slams study that supports ban on smoking outside pubs and bars
- Plain cigarette packets 'illiberal' says leading think tank
- Move to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas, beer gardens, at bus stops and in doorways
- Rousing start to Forest's anti-plain packaging campaign
- Federal judge blocks graphic images on tobacco products
- Northern Ireland: smoking could be banned in all private cars
- Increase price of tobacco by five per cent above inflation say campaigners
- 'Smokers treated like lepers' says Forest
- Forest launches 'Nanny Town' video online
- Health managers accused of discriminating against smokers
- Forest launches online campaign against plain packaging
- Lansley proud of plain packaging consultation
- No Smoking Day passes with barely a whimper
- Audiences 'at risk' from on-stage smoking
- Forest slams increase in tobacco duty
- Free nicotine patches and extra counselling don't help smokers quit
- Government launches new anti-smoking campaign
- Smoking no longer "part of life" says Health Secretary
- Big Tobacco campaigns on freedom
- Big Tobacco campaigns on freedom
- Health Secretary has "open" mind about plain packaging but doesn't see smoking as "part of life"
- Hands Off Our Packs campaign video pokes fun at government
- Smokers light up for freedom
- Review the smoking ban and allow separate smoking rooms, says Forest
- Huge protest against plain packaging and excessive regulation
- Aussie ruling on plain packaging won't affect UK campaign says Forest
- Opposition to plain packaging mounts
- Irish government may ban smoking in cars carrying children
- Regulate tobacco companies to limit profits say researchers
- Advert for e-cigarettes to be shown on TV
- Advert for e-cigarettes to be shown on TV
- BBC: UK Government "formally" abandons plain packaging of tobacco
- No Thank EU – Forest launches campaign against excessive regulation on tobacco
- Political commentator and former MSP to edit Forest's Free Society website
- Thumbs down for Tobacco Products Directive
- Forest: plain pack review "premature"
- Forest questions need for plain packaging following adoption of EU Tobacco Products Directive
- Campaigners questions need for plain packaging following adoption of EU Directive
- Increase in tobacco duty will hit poor and elderly the hardest, says Forest
- Forest urges Government to keep an "open mind" on plain packaging
- Ireland: Smokers' group blasts ban on e-cigs on hospital grounds
- Government must resist temptation to over-regulate e-cigarettes, says Forest
- Invitation to Smoke On The Water
- Forest events in June and July
- Plain packaging? No, prime minister!
- World No Tobacco Day: Call to raises taxes on tobacco “deeply irresponsible”
- Plain packaging: consumers can still make a difference
- Forest launches online ad campaign against plain packaging
- Government opens consultation on plain packaging of tobacco
- Poll: plain packaging could hit Tories' election hopes
- Forest and Conservatives for Liberty pledge to stand up for freedom
- ASA decision "inexplicable" says Forest
- Over 150,000 petition government against plain packaging
- Campaigners slam calls to ban smoking in London's parks and squares
- Forest marks 35th anniversary with smoker-friendly party
- Tobacco publisher calls for more groups like Forest "to support smokers and vapers' rights"
- Australia: plain packaging isn't working says Forest
- Car smoke ban "excessive" and "unnecessary"
- Forest slams decision to ban e-cigarette ads that feature woman exhaling vapour
- Forest attacks Public Health England's "poisonous" anti-smoking campaign
- Campaigners urge Scottish Government to reject new laws on e-cigs and tobacco
- Forest condemns decision to bring forward plain packaging legislation
- Government urged to publish plain pack consultation report "promptly" and "without further delay"
- Government must resist temptation to over-regulate electronic cigarettes, says Forest
- Forest warns against "creeping prohibition"
- Poll: plain packaging not a priority says British public
- Stop the nonsense say critics of plain packaging
- No public desire for plain packaging say campaigners
- "What next? Standardised packaging for alcohol and sugary drinks?"
- Plain packaging process has been a "sham"
- Smoking in cars with children: "education better than big stick"
- Leave health workers alone, says Forest
- "Illicit trade driven by exorbitant taxation and other tobacco control policies"
- "Isolated incident must not be used to stigmatise all smokers"
- Public Health England guilty of "discrimination"
- Poll: Public believe tackling obesity and alcohol abuse more important than further anti-smoking measures
- Forest rejects call for tobacco levy to reduce smoking rates
- Hospital smoking ban "inhumane" and "impossible to enforce"
- Extending smoke free zones to parks and beaches "unwarranted" and "illiberal"
- Smokers use holidays to dodge soaring UK cigarette prices
- Encourage use of e-cigarettes but don't discriminate against smokers, says Forest
- Forest's response to Public Health England report on e-cigarettes
- Forest response to consultation on Public Health (Wales) Bill
- Removing reference to flavour is "petty, childish and ridiculous"
- New smoking law "unnecessary" and "unenforceable" says Forest
- Forest urges Brighton council to reject outdoor smoking bans
- Smoked Out: the hyper-regulation of smokers in public places
- Anti-smoking policies help create and sustain poverty, says Forest
- 15 per cent fewer smokers joined Stoptober 2015
- Smokers treated like lepers says Forest
- Axe the tobacco duty escalator, says Forest
- Forest welcomes closure of anti-smoking group
- Forest criticises call to rate movies that portray tobacco use
- Forest slams call for more cash to reduce adult smoking rate
- Campaigners urge Chancellor to "be fair to smokers"
- Jury still out on plain packaging says Forest
- Increasing tobacco taxation is "economic madness"
- Poll: Little support for further increases in tobacco taxation
- Forest slams "pointless" car smoking ban
- "Increasing cost of tobacco benefits no-one apart from spivs and criminals"
- Forest welcomes defeat of Public Health (Wales) Bill
- Poll: Majority of adults in Scotland would allow smoking rooms in pubs and clubs
- Allow smoking rooms in Scotland's pubs and clubs, say campaigners
- Councils urged to review funding of anti-tobacco campaign group
- Tobacco Products Directive treats adults like children says Forest
- Forest response to High Court judgement on plain packaging challenge
- Health minister should decline WHO award
- Forest urges Government to reject tobacco retailer licensing system
- Opponents of plain packaging invoke spirit of Churchill
- Forest condemns call to ban vaping in bars and restaurants
- Hospital's 'smoke free' streets plan condemned by Forest
- Stoptober: Facebook ads a "waste of public money"
- No smoking zones "unwarranted" and "Orwellian"
- Car smoking ban a "complete failure" says Forest
- Forest slams council's "Big Brother" anti-smoking policy
- Report: no public desire for more tobacco control measures
- Resist calls to publish new tobacco control strategy without delay, Forest urges government
- The Pleasure of Smoking: Views of Confirmed Smokers
- Public Health England's new quit smoking campaign is "emotional blackmail"
- Forest rejects claim that smoking is "adding to the social care crisis"
- Philip Morris wrong to call for tax increase on cigarettes, says Forest
- Almost 60% of adults in Wales would allow smoking rooms in pubs and clubs
- Forest launches new chapter in Brussels
- Welsh Government urged to review the impact of the smoking ban in Wales
- Banning smoking in beer gardens would be a "spiteful and mean-spirited act" says Forest
- Forest welcomes Labour commitment to review causes of pub closures
- New regulations "infantilise" consumers
- Report: Decade of the smoking ban has decimated England's pubs
- Public split on allowing separate smoking rooms in pubs and clubs
- Key to smoking cessation is choice and education, say campaigners
- Prison smoking ban: Forest calls for "common sense"
- Forest reacts to UK Government's new Tobacco Control Plan
- Forest's response to FDA announcement on lowering nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes
- Chancellor urged to reject a second tobacco duty increase this year
- Poll: Huge majority opposed to ban on smoking at home
- Pets being used as a "weapon" in the war on smoking, says Forest
- Tobacco tax: give smokers a break, says Forest
- NGOs and politicians to be honoured at 'Golden Nanny Awards' in Dublin
- Senator wins 'nanny-in-chief' award
- Budget 2017: Poor sacrificed on altar of public health, says Forest
- Plain packs: Forest calls for UK policy review following "five years of failure" in Australia
- Forest rejects call for printed health warning on cigarettes
- Forest welcomes heat-not-burn tobacco report
- Slashing funding for smoking-cessation programmes makes “perfect sense” says Forest
- Stop stigmatising smokers, Forest Ireland tells Irish Cancer Society
- E-cigarettes: "You can't force smokers to switch if they don't want to"
- Forest Ireland criticises ban on smoking at three mental health units in Cork
- Ireland: Forest attacks proposal to ban smoking in outdoor areas where food is served
- Lift ban on vaping on hospital grounds, says Forest
- War on smoking has gone far enough, Forest tells mayor
- Forest criticises UK government plan to introduce excise duty on heated tobacco
- Forest critical of opinion that EU ban on snus is "valid"
- Smoking on screen: Forest condemns "attack on artistic freedom"
- Forest Ireland condemns motion to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas
- Forest demands "root and branch" review of tobacco regulations
- "Threatening hospital patients with fines when some of them may be at their most vulnerable is despicable."
- Poll: Most Scots think government policies to reduce smoking rates have gone too far or far enough
- Forest criticises Scottish Government's "constant war on smokers"
- Forest fires up a national debate about Scotland's nanny state
- New report attacks Scotland's "McNanny State"
- Response to latest ONS figures on adult smoking habits in the UK
- Plans for no smoking zone around children's hospital criticised by campaigners
- Forest condemns Welsh Government plans to extend the smoking ban
- Cautious welcome for report on e-cigarettes
- Prisons minister urged to amend prison smoking ban
- Vaping not a substitute for all prisoners who smoke, says Forest
- "A bin the butt campaign that ignores the importance of bins is a bit of a joke, to be honest."
- Prioritising smoking cessation is an "attack on choice and personal responsibility"
- Fair's fair – time to give Ireland's smokers a (tax) break, says Forest
- Forest on the fringe
- Budget 2019: Forest Ireland responds to increases in excise duties on tobacco
- Budget: Further increase in tobacco duty "grossly unfair"
- Council accused of "bullying" smokers and "over-reaching" its powers on vaping
- Golden Nanny Awards shortlist revealed
- Former minister crowned 'Nanny-in-Chief 2018'
- Forest slams "sinister call to target smoking in the home
- Scotland: Forest criticises prison smoking ban
- Forest responds to consultation on smoking in al fresco smoking areas
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