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Forest slams plan to ban smoking and vaping on council premises
Mon 21st June, 2021
Forest has criticised plans by Breckland Council in Norfolk to prohibit smoking and vaping on all council-owned sites.
Butt out, campaigners tell council
Wed 26th May, 2021
Forest has criticised plans to discourage workplace smoking areas in order to make Oxfordshire the first 'smoke-free' county in England by 2025.
Ireland: Forest slams plan to extend smoking ban to outdoor spaces
Tue 11th May, 2021
“The war on smoking has become a war on ordinary people who just want to be left alone to live their lives as they choose.”
No Smoking Day 2021: Claim that smokers are happier if they quit “laughably simplistic” says Forest
Tue 9th March, 2021
The suggestion that smokers who quit for six weeks or more are "happier than those who carry on smoking" has been dismissed as "laughably simplistic".
Wales: New smoking law “unnecessary” and “wrong”
Thu 25th February, 2021
A new law banning smoking outside hospitals, schools and other outdoor areas in Wales from March 1, 2021, is "unnecessary" and "wrong" say campaigners.
Tobacco free Ireland target "illiberal" and "unachievable"
Tue 24th November, 2020
Forest has urged the Irish government to abandon its target of making Ireland ‘tobacco free’ by 2025.
Ireland: Forest's response to increase in tobacco duty
Tue 13th October, 2020
Increase in excise duty on tobacco is "another kick in the teeth" for smokers, says Forest Ireland.
Poll: 70% of adults in Ireland say buying cigarettes from the black market or abroad is "understandable"
Thu 8th October, 2020
An overwhelming majority of adults in Ireland think that purchasing cigarettes and tobacco from the black market or other countries is 'understandable' given the high cost of tobacco sold legally at home.
Campaigners slam call to introduce new tax on e-cigarettes
Mon 5th October, 2020
Forest Ireland has criticised calls to introduce a new tax on e-cigarettes and further increase the cost of cigarettes.
Removal of smoking shelters from hospital grounds "pathetic" says Forest
Fri 2nd October, 2020
Campaigners react with fury to news that smoking shelters have been removed from the grounds of South Tyneside District Hospital and Sunderland Royal Hospital.
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