... have been successful during these years, and also to see if the aims of the organisation are being met. The aims os ASH are as follows: * Banning all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion; * Raising tobacco prices through the tax system; * Tackling smuggling and the role played by tobacco companies in promoting it; * A comprehensive NHS response to nicotine addiction and support for cessation; * Major public communications programmes aimed at encouraging all smokers to quit and non-smokers not to start; * Increasing provision of smoke-free places - at work, in public places, and through persuasion and awareness-raising, in the home - with a view to eliminating all involuntary smoke exposure; * Consumer protection measures such as improved warnings, comprehensive risk communication; plain packaging, bans on misleading claims, control over retailers; * Regulation of tobacco as a dangerous drug with controls over the contents of cigarettes and smoke, and any health ...

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