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Cigarettes are being sold at high-end clothing stores and hair salons, in a "tricky and desperate" tactic to lure new young smokers.
The open display of tobacco in shops is to be banned in England and Wales, the government has announced.
But it is understood plans for an ou ...
As many as one in six school children who are regular smokers usually buy their cigarettes from vending machines and the British Heart Foundation e ...
Plain tobacco packaging could "help remove misconceptions about product safety", according to a new report by anti-smoking pressure group ...
A new study which appears in the October issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health found thatteenagers who have tried cigarettes by theseventh grad ...
University of Minnesota Scholar Barbara Loken slammed tobacco companies for deliberately marketing towards youths.
Professor Loken, who co-edi ...
March 25, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool Launches today
The people of Liverpool are being urged to pledge their ...
April 6, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool welcomes new evidence on second-hand smoking
The organisers of the campa ...
April 13, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool Study Visit to New York
A group of health professionals from Liverpool ...
June 1, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Lessons on living smokefree
Lessons on the dangers of smoking prompted pupils at one Liverpoo ...
August 3, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
International Smokefree Conference for Liverpool
A live satellite link to New York will be ...
September 6, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Liverpool's first smokefree pub
Liverpool's oldest pub today became the newest recruit t ...
September 14, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Leaders decide on a SmokeFree Liverpool
A SmokeFree Liverpool is on the menu at a speci ...
October 1, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Tourists back Liverpool's bid to become smokefree
Liverpool's move to become a smokefree c ...
October 4, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Delegates from across the UK and Europe joined forces to push for national legislation on smoking ...
October 20, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
The vote which could make Liverpool the first smokefree city in England was welcomed by the group ...
November 4, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
A group of representatives from Smokefree Liverpool is to visit Dublin next week to learn the les ...
November 16, 2004 - CIEH PRESS RELEASE
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the publication of the ...
November 19, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Smokefree Liverpool is to send an airborne message to Health Secretary John Reid.
Next T ...
November 24, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Liverpool will be the first authority in the UK to petition Parliament to outlaw smoking in ever ...
November 26, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
The Noah's Ark pub in Speke is to make the transition from smoke-filled to smoke-free for the fi ...
December 7, 2004 - PRESS RELEASE
Smokefree campaigners in Liverpool today gave their backing to an isolated Himalayan kingdom whic ...
January 11, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
The vast majority of Liverpool people recognise the dangers of second-hand smoke and would suppor ...
January 14, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool is stepping up its lobbying campaign with the launch of a unique new website ...
January 21 2005 - IN THE NEWS
Liverpool Daily Post
THE first steps have been taken to make Goodison Park the UK's first compl ...
January 24, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool is calling on the Health Secretary for a meeting to discuss the Liverpool Bil ...
January 24, 2005 - BMA PRESS RELEASE
The Private Bill to ban all smoking in Liverpool workplaces is being presented in the House o ...
January 24, 2005 - IN THE NEWS
Welcoming today's (Monday) announcement that the JD Wetherspoon pub chain will ban smoking in all o ...
January 24, 2005 - IN THE NEWS
A private bill to make Liverpool the first smoke-free city in the UK will get its first reading in ...
January 27, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Another city pub is going smokefree - to show support for the SmokeFree Liverpool campaign, and t ...
February 9, 2005 - ASTHMA UK PRESS RELEASE
Smokefree public places aren't bad for business, health charity Asthma UK said today.
Febraury 10, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Smokefree campaigners in Liverpool have accused one of the largest tobacco companies of trying t ...
February 15, 2005 - IN THE NEWS - MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Spending just 10 minutes in a smoky Manchester pub has the same effect o ...
February 24, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
The biggest smokefree event so far in Liverpool takes place tomorrow.
Speke Argyle footb ...
March 2, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
The British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Joint Consultants ...
March 8, 2005 - RESEARCH
There is no evidence to support claims that the smokefree law in Ireland has resulted in greater exposure ...
March 9, 2005 - ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES PRESS RELEASE
Today to coincide with No Smoking Day, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) ...
March 9, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Pubs and bars across Liverpool are linking up together to become smokefree for the first time this W ...
March 10, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
For non smokers a good night out can be ruined by the residue of other people's tobacco smoke, with ...
March 31, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE -
The Scarman Trust charity is helping the people of Speke put on a special smokefree night at The ...
April 13, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
On Friday 15th April Heart of Mersey will be hosting a Merseyside-wide meeting of key policy and de ...
April 21, 2005 - ASH PRESS RELEASE
In the Election campaign, significant differences have emerged between the Parties over the iss ...
April 28, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Leading doctors have stepped up their campaign to see the Welsh assembly call for a smoking ban in ...
April 29, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Smokefree campaigners in Liverpool have welcomed the decision to ban smoking in public places in Sc ...
May 3, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
SmokeFree Liverpool campaigners will be taking the city's message to New York later this year.
May 17, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE
Liverpool landmarks the Royal Liver Building and The Beatles Story attraction are celebrating after b ...
May 26, 2005 - WESTERN MAIL STORY
Wales will get a ban on smoking in all public places - but it must first ask Parliament for the ...
June 2, 2005 - CANCER RESEARCH UK PRESS RELEASE
Ending smoking in all workplaces and enclosed public places has not damaged the ec ...
June 7, 2005 - ASH PRESS RELEASE
The Tobacco Manufacturers\'Association today (Wednesday) publishes yet another piece of bogus pol ...
June 9, 2005 - ASH PRESS RELEASE
UK drinkers who go to the continent to buy cheap alcohol may soon find it easier to bring back la ...
June 20, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Smokefree campaigners are today asking the Government to 'listen to the peo ...
June 23, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Thousands of school children throughout Liverpool are getting the smokefree ...
June 24, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM THE TUC
Pub and club workers in England are being urged by the TUC today to tell Health Secreta ...
Campaigners in Liverpool today vowed to press ahead with their bid to make the city's workplaces 100% smokefree.
They said that there is on ...
June 29, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BMA
There were cries of "shame" and "not good enough" as Ms Hewitt outl ...
June 30, 2005 - BBC NEWS WEBSITE
Scotland's smoking ban is due to come into effect in 2006.
A ban on smoking in bars, rest ...
July 19, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Campaigners from Liverpool are in London today (Weds July 20) to support th ...
July 13, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Pub and restaurant owners in Liverpool are calling for a 'level playing fie ...
August 4, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
A Liverpool restaurant has seen profits climb by a quarter since going smo ...
August 16, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Visitors to Liverpool John Lennon Airport will be able to pledge their su ...
August 22, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Campaigners from SmokeFree Liverpool have welcomed the recent announcemen ...
August 30, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
SmokeFree Liverpool is to welcome young people from New York to the city ...
September 5, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM GOVERNMENT NEWS NETWORK
Sixty per cent of smokers go ahead and smoke without asking for per ...
August 31, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
The Everyman and Playhouse theatres and the White Horse, Woolton, are set ...
September 7, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
More than 12,000 people have signed up to a Liverpool-wide postcard cam ...
September 6, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE FROM SMOKEFREE LIVERPOOL
Hollyoaks stars are showing their support for a Smokefree Liverpool.
Representatives from SmokeFree Liverpool joined a host of health campaigners from across the region at the recent Big Heart Festival, to highlight ...
A number of well-known Liverpool restaurants have joined forces to support the Smokefree Liverpool campaign during the Liverpool Food and Drink Fes ...
Campaigners from SmokeFree Liverpool have responded to a recent study which has linked high levels of smoking across Merseyside to an increased ris ...
One of Liverpool's most popular student bars, The Blind Tiger on London Road is to host a special smokefree night on Wednesday, November 23.
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A youth campaign aiming to give young people a chance to voice their opinions on tobacco and smoking and influence the smokefree agenda has been la ...
January is going to be 'smokefree workplace month' in Liverpool, according to campaigners.
SmokeFree Liverpool and their partners will be f ...
The iconic work of art has been painted purple instead of its usual yellow, and has the slogan 'Culturally SmokeFree' on its sides.
A new hotel and bistro in Everton is on a winner, with its smokefree policy.
Aneillio's opened a month ago and immediately went totally smo ...
Hundreds of building workers are being encouraged to quit smoking at an on-site 'health day'.
The day - on one of the major construction si ...
Forget Pop Idol - it's Ciggie Idol, when a new play gets its premiere, in Liverpool this week.
Speke Youth Theatre group will be staging 'C ...
January 24, 2006
Publicans from Liverpool are going to get a taste of the 'Irish smokefree experience'.
With the Governmen ...
February 24, 2006
An international smoking awareness campaign will receive its only UK support from Liverpool next week.
D ...
January 30, 2006
Liverpool betting company Bechers Betting Ltd has become the first of its kind to join the SmokeFree Liverpool ca ...
One of Liverpool's leading restaurateurs has described the decision to go smokefree as a resounding success.
Colin Manning is managing part ...
February 8, 2006
Smokefree campaigners on Merseyside are asking MPs to 'have a heart' when they vote on the issue on Valentine's D ...
February 13, 2006
A London pub went smokefree last week (Feb 8) to give Liverpool's MP a taste of the future.
The Westmins ...
February 10, 2006
A London pub went smokefree this week (Feb 8) to give Southport's MP a taste of the future.
The Westmins ...
Campaigners in Liverpool tonight said the Commons vote on smoking legislation was 'an overwhelming triumph' for common sense.
And they pled ...
May 3, 2006
Lucky Faye Tomlinson will be off to Dublin this summer to see Robbie Williams - thanks to a smokefree youth group. ...
March 17, 2006
SmokeFree Liverpool pulled out all the stops in the run up to the vote on making all workplaces smoke-free - by pai ...
April 7, 2006
Liverpool's budding musicians are being given the opportunity to show off their talent and learn about the music ind ...
April 26, 2006
Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has challenged the age old rock and roll cliché of chain-smoking musicians by laun ...
May 3, 2006
SmokeFree Liverpool is to launch a 'Why Wait?' campaign, to persuade businesses in the city to go smokefree ahead of l ...
May 3, 2006
Lucky Faye Tomlinson will be off to Dublin this summer to see Robbie Williams - thanks to a smokefree youth group. ...
May 31, 2006
The countdown to going smokefree begins in earnest today.
For it is precisely 12 months until all enclosed wo ...
June 6, 2006
Youth campaigners from Smokefree Liverpool have congratulated Big Brother contestant Mikey Dalton for taking a stand ...
June 16 2006
Smokefree campaigners in Liverpool are calling on the Lords to stand firm on smokefree legislation - as new research ...
July 11, 2006
A campaign to make Liverpool and Everton football stadiums smokefree is being launched today.
SmokeFree Live ...
July 21, 2006
Smokefree campaigners in Liverpool last night formally launched their Why Wait? programme.
Scores of busines ...
August 15, 2006
More than a quarter of Liverpool businesses do not realise that smokefree legislation will apply to their workplac ...
August 18, 2006
Liverpool Football Club have this week been asked to make Anfield totally smokefree.
More than 8000 people ...
August 25,2006
Businesses in Liverpool are getting the smokefree message - thanks to a pink SmokeFree Liverpool Smart car.
September 13, 2006
Smokefree campaigners including SmokeFree Liverpool have received a global award for their efforts.
The ...
September 28, 2006
Business owners in Liverpool have been urging the Government to bring in smokefree legislation sooner rather th ...
October 30, 2006
Smokefree campaigners have really hit the bull's eye.
For Liverpool's darts league has teamed up with Smo ...
November 13, 2006
A Liverpool youth group are to be guests at the worldwide premiere of the new and first non-smoking James Bond f ...
November 30, 2006
Campaigners in Liverpool have welcomed the Government's announcement of the date for England to go smokefree.
December 20, 2006
Christmas carols with a SmokeFree twist will be heard in central Liverpool this Thursday evening.
With t ...
January 3, 2007
Young campaigners from Liverpool are to visit New York to spread the smokefree word.
Members of the D-MYST ...
January 4, 2007
For a Liverpool city centre pub is providing smoking cessation support for its customers.
The Welkin Wethe ...
February 14, 2007
Campaigners are now finalising plans for the 100-day countdown to Liverpool going smokefree.
Today is th ...
February 6, 2007
Members of the D-MYST smokefree group are going to New York this Sunday to learn from American youth campaigners ...
March 8, 2007
A giant banner has been unveiled to mark Liverpool's John Lennon Airport going smokefree ahead of the legislation in ...
March 22, 2007
A boy's football tournament aims to turn the spotlight on smokefree legislation.
The tournament, at Garston ...
March 23, 2007
A 'smokefree squad' took to the streets of Liverpool today to mark the start of the 100-day countdown to a smokefre ...
March 29, 2007
The Hillfoot pub in Hunts Cross will be going smokefree on Friday night (March 30) to raise funds for the Ben Nowak ...
March 30, 2007
All enclosed workplaces and public places will have to display signs like these at the entrance, from July 1, when ...
April 24, 2007
Two youth groups from Merseyside are set to take on British American Tobacco (BAT), one of the world's biggest ciga ...
April 26, 2007
D-MYST - BBC Radio Merseyside. ...
April 27, 2007
Liverpool anti-tobacco youth groups shocked a multi-national tobacco company yesterday by staging a demonstration o ...
May 4, 2007
Chinese businessmen and women learned about the smokefree legislation due to come into effect on July 1, at a workshop ...
May 11, 2007
Smoking levels in Liverpool have already fallen significantly, ahead of smokefree legislation, according to new rese ...
May 11, 2007 SmokeFree Liverpool - BBC Radio Merseyside ...
May 25, 2007
Big Brother could be going smokefree - with help from a Liverpool anti-tobacco youth group.
D-MYST (Direct Mo ...
July 26, 2007
A Liverpool anti-tobacco youth group has given a big round of applause to film-makers Disney.
For the Americ ...
July 27, 2007
Gordon Brown has been sent an extra special limited edition Superlambanana from SmokeFree Liverpool.
The Pri ...
August 1, 2007
A new cigarette litter initiative starts today - as campaigners celebrate a successful first month of SmokeFree Liv ...
August 21, 2007
Ten thousand 'Butt Boxes' are being given out across the city as part of SmokeFree Liverpool's new cigarette litte ...
September 13, 2007
Two short films produced by D-MYST, (Direct Movement by the Youth SmokeFree Team), the SmokeFree Liverpool yout ...
October 1, 2007
A Liverpool anti-tobacco youth group is celebrating as the legal age for buying tobacco is increased from 16-18.
November 28, 2007
A new smokefree campaign aimed at protecting young people is launched in Liverpool today (November 28).
...
December 28, 2007
Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital has given its backing to a city-wide campaign which aims to protect ch ...
January 17, 2008
A Liverpool youth group is to stage one of the largest international smokefree conferences in their home city thi ...
February 12, 2008
Liverpool's smokefree campaign has won one of the highest public health awards in Poland.
A team from Sm ...
February 15, 2008
Events begin with an Oscar-style ceremony to name and shame youth-rated films which show characters smoking. ...
February 26, 2008
A comprehensive plan to help control tobacco in Liverpool has been launched in the city.
Smokefree decis ...
February 28, 2008
Atomic Kitten's Liz McClarnon has taken part in a prosthetics makeover to show the visual effects of smoking.
March 11, 2008
Liverpool leaders are backing a New York campaign against smoking in movies.
Delegates from New York attend ...
March 12, 2008
More than 1600 Liverpool youngsters take up smoking every year just through seeing stars smoking in films, accordin ...
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