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Forest news & comment
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.
EC reports massive majority against further tobacco controls
Mon 1st August, 2011
Citizens who responded to a public consultation on possible revisions to the EC's Tobacco Products Directive have voted overwhelmingly against further tobacco controls.
ASH criticised for trying to stifle open debate
Tue 5th July, 2011
The anti-smoking group ASH has been ridiculed by a leading online magazine after an attempt to stifle debate about smokers' rights went pear-shaped.
MPs host event to change smoking ban
Fri 1st July, 2011
Tory MP leads opposition to ban on smoking in cars
Thu 23rd June, 2011
A ten minute rule bill to ban adults from smoking in private vehicles where children are present has been criticised by Conservative MP Philip Davies.
Inner city pubs stubbed out by smoking ban
Thu 23rd June, 2011
Traditional inner city pubs have suffered the most since the introduction of smoking bans in Scotland, England and Wales, a new report has found.
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Mon 20th June, 2011
ASH awarded WHO medal on 40th "birthday"
Thu 16th June, 2011
Public health minister Anne Milton presented ASH chief executive Deborah Arnott with an award from the World Health Organisation at a special meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health.
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