Helen Duffy
helenduffyash.bsky.social
Helen Duffy
@helenduffyash.bsky.social
Public Affairs Lead at ASH 🚭
Proud Solving Kids Cancer Trustee 🦋 🎗️
In Parliament today as peers meet for the first time in Committee on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill 🚭

2 key amendments today
💰 A polluter pays levy on the tobacco industry to raise £700m a year
🛣️ A roadmap to a smokefree country, every 5 years to help everyone to quit for good!
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My son loves looking at the ads on the tube 🚇 always spotting his favourite musicals 🎶

He saw this one and went "ooh sweets" 🍬

Trading standards are right: shorturl.at/I6yN1
We urgently need regulation for nicotine pouches to stop them being sold and marketed to children
October 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What's it like to work for a public health charity? 😬

I was a few cigarette butts short for our photo op for MPs on weds.

Unfortunately it is REALLY easy to find some 🚬

"Filters" are the most littered item on the planet and my neighbourhood is no exception.

🚭
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧸"Wow mum that looks amazing, can I have one?"
🍬 11g of sugar per pouch (60% of a 5yo's RDA)
⁉️ How does this pass TFL's #junkfood ad ban? 🤨
🚫 And if we're being serious, why does this product even exist? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Who needs jelly on the go 🤣
#publichealth #ultraprocessedkids #upf
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Another day, another example of inappropriate nicotine product placement 😒

Shops shouldn't be putting labubus next to products that are for smoking cessation. Vapes are not toys! 🪀

This is why we need the Tobacco & Vapes Bill! 🧾
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM