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Call for higher taxes on cigarettes
Tue 18th October, 2011
Tobacco control campaigners have called for a one-euro tax increase on a packet of cigarettes in Ireland.
Voice of the smoker not being heard, claims Forest Éireann
Thu 13th October, 2011
The voice of the Irish smoker is not being heard, according to John Mallon, spokesman for Forest Eireann.
Forest at the Conservative party conference
Wed 5th October, 2011
Forest hosted two well-attended events at the 2011 Conservative party conference in Manchester.
Forest at the Labour party conference
Wed 28th September, 2011
Two hundred people attended Forest's Save Our Pubs & Clubs event at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
Kent pub wins Best Smoking Area award
Fri 9th September, 2011
Ye Olde Whyte Lyon in Locksbottom, Kent, has won a nationwide search to find the pub with the Best Smoking Area in the UK.
Minister accused of intolerance after branding smokers 'foul'
Tue 6th September, 2011
Scotland's Environment Minister has blasted smokers who lit up in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh during a fireworks display.
University fights to prevent tobacco company having access to "confidential" data
Sat 3rd September, 2011
A Scottish university involved in tobacco control studies is refusing to release data to a leading tobacco company despite a ruling by Scotland’s freedom of information watchdog.
Antony Worrall Thompson right to fight for designated smoking rooms
Fri 2nd September, 2011
A leading hotelier says TV chef and Forest patron Antony Worrall Thompson is right to call for a review of the smoking ban
TV chef launches e-petition to amend smoking ban
Thu 25th August, 2011
TV chef and publican Antony Worrall Thompson has launched an e-petition calling on the government to review the smoking ban.
US tobacco companies sue over graphic warning labels
Tue 16th August, 2011
Five tobacco companies have sued the US Food and Drug Administration over a law that would force them to place graphic health warnings on cigarette packets.
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