by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Nov 26, 2025 | News Release 2025
The Chancellor’s inflation-busting hike in tobacco duty could drive even more people to vote for Reform, say campaigners. Accusing the Government of punishing smokers from lower socio-economic backgrounds, Simon Clark, director of the smokers’ rights group... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Nov 4, 2025 | News Release 2025
Response to new ONS figures on adult smoking habits Responding to latest ONS figures on adult smoking habits, which show that the proportion of the adult population in the UK who smoke cigarettes fell to 10.6 per cent (5.3 million) in 2024, Simon Clark, director of... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Oct 27, 2025 | News Release 2025
Poll: Majority support alternatives to generational tobacco ban Public opinion is divided on the government’s generational smoking ban, according to a series of polls commissioned by the smokers’ rights group Forest. Surveys of over 2,000 adults found... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Oct 2, 2025 | News Release 2025
Only two in five adults think the bill that will ban the sale of tobacco to all future generations of adults in the UK is important. According to a recent poll, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which moves to the committee stage in the House of Lords on October 27, was... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Sep 29, 2025 | News Release 2025
Almost 80% of adults say purchasing tobacco from the black market or abroad is ‘understandable’ given the high cost of tobacco purchased legally in Ireland. According to a new survey conducted by iReach for the smokers’ rights group Forest Ireland, 79% of adults agree... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Sep 25, 2025 | News Release 2025
Smokers’ rights campaigners have criticised calls for smoking to be banned on beaches in Guernsey. Simon Clark, director of the smokers’ rights group Forest said: “Smoking in the open air is not a public health issue because there is no evidence that...