Let's extinguish tobacco marketing
FACT: Over 80% of smokers start before the age of 19.
FACT: Half of all long-term smokers will die of cancer or other smoking-related diseases.
Tobacco advertising has been banned on television, in print and on billboards. Yet children are still regularly exposed to branding on packs and attractive tobacco displays in shops. By removing tobacco from public view and introducing plain packaging, we can reduce the pull towards a potentially deadly addiction.
We know that many young people, particularly underage smokers, buy cigarettes from vending machines. Removing these machines altogether is the only effective means of preventing underage smokers obtaining cigarettes from these sources.
Please join our campaign to help us extinguish tobacco marketing to children.
The Department of Health have now closed their consultation on the future of tobacco control. Almost 10,000 people responded on our behalf. We've also handed in a petition of over 50,000 names to Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo. To be kept up to date with the campaign pledge your support today!
For the sake of all children and young people - let’s put tobacco out of sight and out of mind.
