SUPPORTING SMOKERS’ RIGHTS SINCE 1979

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
logo smokers
  • Home
  • About Forest
    • How Forest works
    • Key priorities
    • Our supporters
    • Messages of support
    • Frequently asked questions
  • News Releases
  • Info Bank
    • History of smoking
    • Recommended reading
  • Take Action
    • Help Us
    • Events
  • Sign Up
  • Contact Us
Pub smoking ban still divides opinion

Pub smoking ban still divides opinion

by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Aug 3, 2026 | News Release 2026

The pub smoking ban continues to divide opinion, according to a new poll published today. A survey of over 2,000 adults commissioned by the smokers’ rights group Forest and conducted by Yonder Consulting, found that: 35% of respondents think pubs and private members’...
David Hockney: Forest pays tribute to internationally-acclaimed artist who has died, aged 88

David Hockney: Forest pays tribute to internationally-acclaimed artist who has died, aged 88

by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Jun 12, 2026 | News Release 2026

Forest has paid tribute to David Hockney, the internationally acclaimed artist whose death was reported this morning.   Simon Clark, director of Forest, said:   “David attended several of our events and we were proud and immensely grateful that he supported our...
Campaigners vow to “fight on” after tobacco and vapes bill receives royal assent

Campaigners vow to “fight on” after tobacco and vapes bill receives royal assent

by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Apr 29, 2026 | News Release 2026

Campaigners have vowed to “fight on” following today’s announcement that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been granted Royal Assent. The new law will ban the sale of tobacco to all future generations of adults, creating what the government hopes will...
Smoking ban anniversary “nothing to celebrate”

Smoking ban anniversary “nothing to celebrate”

by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Mar 26, 2026 | News Release 2026

Speaking on the 20th anniversary of the smoking ban in Scotland, Simon Clark, director of the smokers; rights group Forest which campaigned against the ban, said: “The 20th anniversary of the workplace smoking ban is nothing to celebrate. The ban was a disaster for...
Campaigners urge peers to reject generational tobacco ban

Campaigners urge peers to reject generational tobacco ban

by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Feb 23, 2026 | News Release 2026

Campaigners have urged peers to reject a generational ban on the sale of tobacco and raise the legal age of sale from 18 to 21 instead. In a letter to peers ahead of the report stage of Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday [24th February], Simon...
2026 News Releases
2025 News Releases
2024 News Releases
2023 News Releases
2022 News Releases
2021 News Releases
2020 News Releases
2019 News Releases
2018 News Releases
logo smokers

Sign up for the Forest mailing list

Success!

Subscribe

© 2026 All Rights Reserved. Forest, BND, Ground Floor, Rubicon House, Unit 5 Second Way, Wembley HA9 0Y –  Privacy Policy

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow