ASH at 50: stubbing out smoking since 1971

This report finds that smoking has killed nearly 8 million people in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, with an estimated 2 million more expected to die in the next 20 years without radical changes to smoking rates. The report has been published to mark the 50th anniversary of ASH (Action on Smoking and Health). The charity was established by the Royal College of Physicians in 1971 following their landmark 1962 report recommending urgent government action to curb the harms from smoking.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news