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Tobacco Free Futures
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January 2014

Public Health England New Year Quit Campaign Launches in NW

Public Health England has just launched a new Smokefree Health Harms campaign this January in the North West and nationally. The campaign highlights the impact and serious damage that smoking causes the heart, brain and lungs. The campaign also highlights that smokers are twice as likely to die from a stroke as non-smokers. 

TFF has already helped to generate great media coverage in Manchester, Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire & Merseyside. Andrea Crossfield has appeared on BBC Radio Manchester and Cumbria. TFF has also provided each locality with editable resources to promote the campaign and increase quit attempts locally.

There are also many helpful tools for people looking to quit this new year with top tips and a new guide on how to quit released by Professor Roger West.  

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TFF video campaign aims to protect children from smoky cars

TFF has produced a short film to highlight the impact of smoking in cars carrying children. Local celebrities star in the video to support the TFF and British Lung Foundation campaign. At the end of the film viewers can vote for a ban on smoking in cars carrying children and send a letter to their MP. Over 3,400 people have viewed the film so far. Watch the video and vote here. The story has been covered in ManchesterLancashireCumbria and Cheshire & Merseyside

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Five ways councils can help people to quit smoking

Colleagues in Blackburn with Darwen have highlighted how local authorities are ideally placed to use their resources to protect children from the harms of tobacco and help people to quit. Read the five ways councils can help here.

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NYC puts e-cigarettes under smoking ban

New York City council has voted to add electronic cigarettes to the city's strict smoking ban. Read here.  There is also an excellent BMJ editorial from Fiona Godlee who applauds NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s consistently strong action on public health, as well as BMJ's decision not to publish any tobacco industry funded research. Read more here.

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Public Health Wales calls for public places e-cigs ban

Public Health Wales have stated banning e-cigs would help prevent the undermining of efforts to encourage people to quit smoking. It said e-cigs are not regulated, the amount of nicotine varied widely and users could not tell if they were safe. Read more here.

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Support for standardised packs gather momentum

Standardised packs are being backed by an increasing number of health professionals. The argument is becoming popular with many media organisations raising the debate and promoting the benefits.

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EU diplomats approve new anti-tobacco legislation

Members of the European Parliament and member states reached a provisional deal on a revised EU tobacco directive, subject to a final parliamentary vote. This includes health warnings covering 65% of packaging, plus a ban on flavours and packs of less than 20 cigarettes. Read more here.

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Each cigarette may get health warning

Scientists say health warnings on individual cigarettes could persuade smokers to quit. A study carried out by the University of Bangor found that people were 16% more likely to try to quit when confronted with warnings on individual cigarettes. Read more here.

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Tobacco firms invest in small packs despite threat of ban

Tobacco manufacturers are continuing to invest in smaller pack sizes despite the looming threat of a ban on packs of 10 cigarettes and roll your own in packs of less than 20g. Read more here.

Editor's note

Hi  and welcome to your January e-news. Happy New Year from everyone at TFF and I hope you all had a great break. 

I mentioned in the December edition that we would be launching a short film highlighting the issues of smoking in cars with children. This is now live on YouTube and has proved very popular over the Christmas period with over 3,400 people viewing the film online so far. This is a brilliant response, thank you for all of your support. Please continue to share the video with colleagues and friends.

We have also had a busy start to January supporting PHE's New Year Quit campaign which launched last week. This is a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of a national media campaign to drive local smokers to your stop smoking service. 

Ian White, Project Manager: Communications and Marketing

More local tobacco news

Greater Manchester

Campaign for smoke-free cars in Bolton

Anti-smoking health drive is a breath of fresh air in Wigan

More pregnant women in Bury quitting smoking

Electronic cigarettes being sold 'in and around' Bury schools

Cheshire and Merseyside

Runcorn: Campaign launched to ban smoking in cars carrying children

Results of sports initiative changing children's attitude to smoking in Liverpool

Warrington leads the way in successful smoking quit rates

Lancashire

Lancashire parents to protect their children from smoky cars

St Helens Council and NHS urge smokers to take up free offer and quit

Blackpool: ‘I now tell my brothers to quit smoking’

Blackburn health chief backs hospital smoking ban

Lancashire NHS bosses urge public to get fit in 2014

Cumbria

13% of Cumbrian mums smoke throughout pregnancy

35 children start smoking every week in Cumbria 

Smoking remains biggest killer in Cumbria 

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