Tobacco farming and development Reply

Earlier this week, the Herald featured this piece by our Chief Executive, Sheila Duffy, focusing on this year’s World No Tobacco Day. See more about how tobacco is a threat to development, below:

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Smoking must be in the mix on poverty question Reply

In this blog, Policy & Research Officer Mike Andrews reflects on the media coverage of recent poverty reports, and conversations around the office about them.

2017 has kicked off with a couple of very high profile reports and academic pieces which have demonstrated, pretty bluntly, the awful effects that poverty is having at both the start and end of people’s lives. It has to be said, though, that sometimes you have to dig under the headlines to really see what writers are saying.

Polluters should help fund public health Reply

 

I was interested to read in the papers over the festive season that some researchers have reviewed Scotland’s recent Public Health Supplement and found that while the “supplement” part of the deal delivered a substantive and reliable income, the “public health” element of the scheme was rather lacking.

What would a tobacco-free Scotland look like? Reply

In a post originally appearing on the https://www.commonspace.scot/ site we consider what achieving a tobacco-free society actually means in practice. Largely it means closing the inequality gap.

The vicious cycle of smoking and inequality Reply

We already know that people who are strained financially are more likely to smoke, and that it takes money out of their pockets and their communities. 

The cost of smoking in 2016 2

ASH Scotland Policy and Communications Officer Ruaraidh Dobson blogs for us about what smoking costs people that want to quit.

Tobacco, poverty and hunger Reply

German tobacco control advocate and colleague Sonja von Eichborn, of Unfairtobacco, Berlin, writes for us about links between tobacco, poverty and hunger in a global sense.

Getting cash to the poorest Scots Reply

It is pleasing to see Communities Secretary Angela Constance pledging to get cash to the poorest Scots. One of the most efficient and effective means of doing so is to reduce the high smoking rates amongst our poorest communities.

It’s about money and it’s about lives – stopping smoking helps income maximisation Reply

ASH Scotland’s Inequalities Development Lead Tracey Rogers looks at raising the issue of smoking in discussions around finances and highlights new work showing how this can be done.

Why do some adults buy tobacco for children? Reply

Kayla Wiles, Engagement Team Assistant and Furman University Intern placement at ASH Scotland, blogs for us about proxy purchasing.

Scotland’s health has come a long way since the UK Government banned tobacco advertising in 2002, the Scottish Government introduced the ban on smoking in indoor public places in 2006 and the Scottish Government raised the legal age for tobacco sales to 18 in 2007. Although proxy purchases, when an adult buys cigarettes on behalf of an under-18, have also been made illegal those who do smoke are still getting cigarettes from family members, friends, or strangers.