📢 Also this week the marketing of nicotine products will be discussed.

This will focus on stopping indiscriminate marketing & targeting children, while ensuring smokers know what options are available to help them quit 💪

👀 Look out for the debate on extending smokefree places

💬 Baroness Northover has an amendment on making pavement licences (introduced during the pandemic to expand outdoor seating) automatically smokefree so everyone can enjoy hospitality settings without breathing secondhand smoke

Baroness Walmsley makes a great point about recent industry interference in alcohol licenses and why a joint license for tobacco and alcohol is not a good idea.

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The smokefree generation is a world-leading policy, that will vastly improve public health. Baroness Northover shares why a communications plan for the government will make sure the policy fulfils its potential📢

Lord Young also made a powerful speech highlighting that the 6 million current smokers in the UK should not be forgotten, and why the Government should publish a road map to a smokefree country.

Lord Rennard backed a ban on cigarette filters, sharing that ‘any kind of filters are of no benefit whatsoever’ 🌍💡

Baroness Bennett also shared why biodegradable filters are not an effective policy solution to reduce the environmental harms of cigarette filters🌱🌍

We're sharing some highlights today from key moments in the debates so far.

ASH CE @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social said:
"Govt needs to accelerate progress, invest in what works, and support communities where smoking rates remain high. We need a new strategy, alongside the Tobacco & Vapes Bill, with clear targets and renewed ambition."
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The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, now being debated in the House of Lords, is a vital next step - creating a smokefree generation and giving government the powers needed to curb youth vaping while keeping vapes available to help adults quit.