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It has not been so long since London's lower House of Commons voted by a majority of its MPs in favour of proposed legislation by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to…

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Tobacco and Vapes bill committee “undemocratic” according to the UKVIA

9 May 202410 May 2024

Over the last few months since the vaping consultation which led to the proposed ban on disposables, we have tried to engage with the government on numerous occasions to present…

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Tobacco and Vapes bill committee receives evidence and amendment prepositions from 34 stakeholders

4 May 20249 May 2024

The Tobacco and Vapes bill committee, the parliamentary committee that will review evidence and amendments to the Tobacco and Vapes bill has been formed on the 24th of April, consisting…

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The Tobacco and Vapes bill committee has been set up

28 Apr 20245 May 2024

The consistency of the Tobacco and Vapes bill committee has been published by the government, where there are 10 sitting Conservative MPs, 6 Labour MPs and 1 MP from the…

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Tobacco and Vapes bill passed its second reading with 383 yes and 67 no’s

16 Apr 202428 May 2024

According to the tobacco and vapes bill drafted under Rishi Sunak's initiative, which was voted today by the House of Commons, adults born after 2009 will not be eligible to…

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Leader of smokers’ rights group FOREST sends letter to MPs

13 Apr 202413 Apr 2024

In view of the forthcoming second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes bill in the House of Commons which includes a gradual increase in the minimum age required to purchase…

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Boris Johnson questions how Winston Churchill’s party could ever ban smoking

13 Apr 20242 May 2024

Just days ahead of the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes bill containing provisions and articles to phase out smoking in Britain by gradually raising the minimum age required…

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Travelling maximum limit of 1 cigarette carton lifted within the EU

11 Apr 2024

The permitted limit for carrying tobacco products of maximum 1 carton of 200 cigarettes for personal use by travellers across borders within the EU was lifted on the 29th of…

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Briton detained in Cyprus carrying 200 cigarette cartons short of paying fine to be set free

10 Apr 202410 Apr 2024

A British 44-year-old found possessing 40 kilos of bag tobacco and 200 cartons containing 2,000 packets of a total of 20,000 cigarettes, which he acquired from the occupied territories of…

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Second reading of Tobacco and Vapes Bill set as 16th of April – FOREST’s reaction to developments

24 Mar 202425 Mar 2024

During a period and time that marks the 20th and sad anniversary of the world's first smoking ban in Ireland in 2004, which corresponds to workplaces which are almost all…

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Retiring ASH director praises the “extinction of smoking in the UK” as Tobacco and Vapes Bill goes through parliament

20 Mar 202420 Mar 2024

As promised earlier in the year by the prime minister Rishi Sunak, parliament has started debating the catastrophic Tobacco and Vapes Bill that includes a generational ban on tobacco preventing…

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Helsinki smoking ban freezes man’s coffee into ice as he leaves hotel to have it with a cigarette!

19 Mar 202419 Mar 2024

A Greek man had to leave the area of his hotel in Helsinki in order to have his coffee with a cigarette or two, like he says, but after a…

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Smoking is quit voluntarily rather than by force according to New Zealand’s associate health secretary

16 Mar 202416 Mar 2024

New Zealand's parliament (the New Zealand House of Representatives) began the first reading of the "Smoke-Free Environment and Regulated Products Amendment Act" on February 27, which aims to repeal the…

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Tobacco prices remain unaffected until October 2026 with the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

6 Mar 20246 Mar 2024

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's spring statement of the budget for 2024 has left tobacco prices and excise, fuel duty and alcohol duty unaffected until October 2026, freezing those prices until…

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Generational smoking ban consultation responses disregarded on the basis of their origin and affiliation

5 Mar 20249 Apr 2024

In a healthy democracy and conversational environment all views and opposing views must be considered and all opinions are valid. We agree to disagree and listen and consider the opposing…

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FOREST resists and fights adult smoking prohibition with Westminster reception

9 Feb 202411 Feb 2024

The Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, FOREST, held a reception with limited spaces and participation at the House of Commons on Wednesday the 7th of February,…

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Conservative candidate for Epson condemns the proposed adult smoking prohibition in Pop-Con event

8 Feb 202423 Mar 2024

Now ladies and gentlemen it gives me great pleasure we're going to hear from a range of voices from the Conservative party present, but here's a voice from the Conservative…

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New Zealand coalition government to freeze tobacco duty and excise for the next 3 years in power

1 Feb 20241 Feb 2024

The coalition government of New Zealand has decided to freeze tobacco duty and excise for the next 3 years it will be in power, which will give it some time…

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Liz Truss sets the minority government of Rishi Sunak straight on adult smoking prohibition

30 Jan 20243 Feb 2024

The Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, FOREST, has conducted another poll with Yonder Consulting with the same question of what the people think of adult smoking…

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Tobacco duty and excise and alcohol tax to blame for unexpected rise of inflation last December

17 Jan 202420 Jan 2024

Inflation in Britain rose to 4% unexpectedly last December of 2023 rising from 3.9% as it was anticipated to fall to 3.8% in the same month and end of 2023.…

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FOREST Ireland spokesman John Mallon dies aged 67.

5 Jan 202426 Feb 2024

The Chairman of the Irish branch of the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, FOREST, has died at the age of 67 after a long battle with…

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British American Tobacco devalues its acquired Reynolds American brands by more than a third

2 Jan 202423 Oct 2024

The British second largest multinational tobacco company British American Tobacco PLC devalued the value of cigarette brands it sells in America, such as Camel and Pall Malls, by £25 billion to cope with lower…

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Scrapping social supervision and outdoor smoking bans brought Boris Johnson’s government down

18 Dec 202328 Dec 2023

It is widely known that Boris Johnson's government that was elected in 2019 was overturned by 52 ministers and government member resignations that occurred over the Christopher Pincher scandal, after…

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Majority of poll opposes Rishi Sunak’s adult smoking prohibition

6 Dec 202311 Feb 2024

58% of Britons said by a majority in a Yonder poll they opposed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's proposed smoking phase-out that would ban tobacco supplies for adults born after 2008.…

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FOREST react to the King’s Speech announcement days before same policy is scrapped in New Zealand

28 Nov 202311 Feb 2024

The Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST) held a meeting and panel discussion accepting questions and answers from the audience against the proposed generational ban on…

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New coalition government of New Zealand to scrap the generational smoking ban

24 Nov 202327 Nov 2023

The new coalition government of New Zealand is planning and determined to scrap the generational smoking ban that would ban tobacco sales to those born after 01/01/2008 that was voted…

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Generational smoking ban ruled unconstitutional in Malaysia

18 Nov 202318 Nov 2023

While the Indian prime minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak has announced a generational ban on smoking as his own inspiration that is supported by the main opposition party…

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Rishi Sunak threatens to phase out smoking through the King’s Speech in Parliament

8 Nov 202310 Nov 2023

King Charles III inaugurated Britain's next parliamentary term on Tuesday, November 7, reciting the King's customary speech written by the country's prime minister, and reiterated Rishi Sunak's aim to phase…

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Cigarette prices rise by 75 cents in Ireland with the 2024 budget

28 Oct 202328 Oct 2023

The taxation scheme of the Irish Government and the Irish Finance Ministry for the expensive price and inaccessibility of tobacco products is to increase their price by 50 cents of…

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Australia revokes neutral carbon certification that the tobacco industry earned, because of the W.H.O.

26 Oct 202327 Oct 2023

The Australian government has been forced to revoke a carbon neutral certification given to British American Tobacco (BAT) after the endorsement was found to be in breach of a WHO…

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Rishi Sunak professionally engaged with the Israeli Hamas war for planning generational endgame for smoking

10 Oct 202311 Oct 2023

British prime minister Rishi Sunak is professionally and fully engaged with the war that broke out in Israel between the Israelis and Palestinian Hamas militants, more than it would take…

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David Hockney declares his opposition to Rishi Sunak’s plan to phase out smoking

10 Oct 202310 Oct 2023

"There are too many bossy people in England. It was one of the reasons I started spending more time in Normandy. Bossy people are humourless. This is just madness to…

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Antismoking proponents convince Rishi Sunak to adopt generational endgame for tobacco

4 Oct 20235 Oct 2023

At the annual conference of the Conservative Party in the city of Manchester this year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speculated that most people who smoke take it up at…

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The Forest Association tent in the 2023 Conservative Conference – Smoking Gun: The Infantilisation of Britain

3 Oct 2023

The annual conference of the British Conservative Party was held in the city of Manchester last weekend and Monday and, like last year again this year, the Forest lifestyle choices…

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Antismoking proponents approaching Rishi Sunak for generational endgame of tobacco to come to the UK

23 Sep 202324 Sep 2023

Anti-smokers are approaching British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak near the end of the current five-year term in a bid to persuade him to ban smoking from the next generation of…

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Mexican most stringent smoking ban toppled by court injunction

12 Aug 202312 Aug 2023

The national restaurant association of Mexico, Canirac, has obtained a definitive suspension against the federal anti-smoking law that went into effect on Jan. 15, and banned lighting up in public and open…

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Biden will veto law preventing the FDA from banning menthol cigarettes

11 Aug 202311 Aug 2023

The Biden administration has opposed a bill that would prevent the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from banning menthol in cigarettes. In its draft of the Fiscal Year 2024…

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Individual cigarette stick health warnings come into effect in Canada

2 Aug 202319 Aug 2023

The Canadian law came into force this week on Monday, August 1, requiring individual health warnings to be printed on each cigarette separately and in addition to the illustrated warnings printed…

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The farmers’ answer to the WHO’s efforts to sabotage tobacco farming replacing its crops with vegetables

27 Jul 202327 Jul 2023

This year 2023 and with the WHO's international anti-smoking congress to be held this year in Panama City approaching in November, the World Health Organization coordinated the "We need food…

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Phasing smoking out of the UK is planned by the UK government and parliament

Tobacco and Vapes bill committee “undemocratic” according to the UKVIA

Tobacco and Vapes bill committee receives evidence and amendment prepositions from 34 stakeholders

The Tobacco and Vapes bill committee has been set up

Tobacco and Vapes bill passed its second reading with 383 yes and 67 no’s

Leader of smokers’ rights group FOREST sends letter to MPs

Boris Johnson questions how Winston Churchill’s party could ever ban smoking

Travelling maximum limit of 1 cigarette carton lifted within the EU

Briton detained in Cyprus carrying 200 cigarette cartons short of paying fine to be set free

Second reading of Tobacco and Vapes Bill set as 16th of April – FOREST’s reaction to developments

Retiring ASH director praises the “extinction of smoking in the UK” as Tobacco and Vapes Bill goes through parliament

Helsinki smoking ban freezes man’s coffee into ice as he leaves hotel to have it with a cigarette!

Smoking is quit voluntarily rather than by force according to New Zealand’s associate health secretary

Tobacco prices remain unaffected until October 2026 with the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

Generational smoking ban consultation responses disregarded on the basis of their origin and affiliation

FOREST resists and fights adult smoking prohibition with Westminster reception

Conservative candidate for Epson condemns the proposed adult smoking prohibition in Pop-Con event

New Zealand coalition government to freeze tobacco duty and excise for the next 3 years in power

Liz Truss sets the minority government of Rishi Sunak straight on adult smoking prohibition

Tobacco duty and excise and alcohol tax to blame for unexpected rise of inflation last December

FOREST Ireland spokesman John Mallon dies aged 67.

British American Tobacco devalues its acquired Reynolds American brands by more than a third

Scrapping social supervision and outdoor smoking bans brought Boris Johnson’s government down

Majority of poll opposes Rishi Sunak’s adult smoking prohibition

FOREST react to the King’s Speech announcement days before same policy is scrapped in New Zealand

New coalition government of New Zealand to scrap the generational smoking ban

Generational smoking ban ruled unconstitutional in Malaysia

Rishi Sunak threatens to phase out smoking through the King’s Speech in Parliament

Cigarette prices rise by 75 cents in Ireland with the 2024 budget

Australia revokes neutral carbon certification that the tobacco industry earned, because of the W.H.O.

Rishi Sunak professionally engaged with the Israeli Hamas war for planning generational endgame for smoking

David Hockney declares his opposition to Rishi Sunak’s plan to phase out smoking

Antismoking proponents convince Rishi Sunak to adopt generational endgame for tobacco

The Forest Association tent in the 2023 Conservative Conference – Smoking Gun: The Infantilisation of Britain

Antismoking proponents approaching Rishi Sunak for generational endgame of tobacco to come to the UK

Mexican most stringent smoking ban toppled by court injunction

Biden will veto law preventing the FDA from banning menthol cigarettes

Individual cigarette stick health warnings come into effect in Canada

The farmers’ answer to the WHO’s efforts to sabotage tobacco farming replacing its crops with vegetables