by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Nov 24, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Smokers’ rights campaigners have welcomed the news that the next New Zealand government will scrap a new law banning the sale of tobacco to future generations of adults. Urging prime minister Rishi Sunak to abandon the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that would introduce the... 
by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Nov 22, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Campaigners have slammed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt after he announced that duty on hand-rolling tobacco would be increased by 10% above the tobacco duty escalator. Simon Clark, director of Forest, said, “The Chancellor has just raised two fingers to working class... by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Nov 7, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Forest has condemned the announcement of legislation that will deny future generations of adults the right to purchase cigarettes in the UK. Simon Clark, director of Forest, said: “This is the worst form of nanny state regulation because it treats consenting adults... by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Oct 10, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Campaigners have slammed the announcement by Finance Minister Michael McGrath of an excise tax hike of 75c on a pack of 20 cigarettes, bringing the price to €16.75. John Mallon, spokesman for the smokers’ lobby group Forest Ireland, said: “Smokers... by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Oct 4, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Forest has accused prime minister Rishi Sunak of “creeping prohibition” and treating future generations of adults like children. Responding to the announcement that the government will raise the age of sale of tobacco by one year every year, Simon Clark, director of... by andy@nmadesign.co.uk | Sep 23, 2023 | News Releases 2023
Forest has reacted with anger to a report that the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is ‘considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes’....