Tobacco
This report considers the effect of smoking imagery on young people. It examines trends in smoking prevalence and initiation; reviews different forms of pro-smoking imagery and the evidence for how they can affect behaviours and attitudes among young people; and explores effective ways of reducing young people's exposure to positive images of smoking and increasing their exposure to positive images of health.
Forever cool: the influence of smoking imagery on young peopleBreaking the cycle of children's exposure to tobacco smoke, April 2007
This report describes the damage that both adult smoking and under-age smoking causes children. It explores effective ways of protecting some of the most vulnerable people in society from short and long-term harm, and recommends evidence-based policies that need to be adopted to break the cycle of children’s exposure to tobacco smoke.Free vote on smoking - press comment, Tuesday 14 February 2006
The BMA is delighted that MPs have opted to put the lives and health of their constituents first and vote for a total ban on smoking in all enclosedBooze, fags and food, May 2005
In November 2004 the Government launched the white paper on public health for England. By the end of 2008 most enclosed public places and workplaces will be smokefree, but pubs that do not serve prepared food will still be able to allow smoking. The BMA contacted a sample of metropolitan, city and London borough councils in England to find out the likely number of pubs that would fall into this category.Behind the smokescreen: the myths and the facts, April 2005
This report considers the arguments against a ban on smoking in all enclosed public places and provides evidence to counter these claims.The human cost of tobacco, November 2004
In this report doctors chronicle individual stories behind the statistics to show how second hand tobacco smoke destroys lives and health.Smoke free world - doctors' notes on clean air laws
This report from the BMA's Tobacco Control Resource Centre shows the benefits of laws that prohibit smoking in enclosed public places. These stories from the frontline also dispel the common myths spun by opponents that smokefree laws damage economies and are unpopular. The report shows that such doomsday scenarios simply do not happen in real life. February 2005Smoking and reproductive life
This report from the BMA Board of Science and Education and Tobacco Control Resource Centre presents the first focused overview of the impact of smoking on sexual, reproductive and child health in the United Kingdom. February 2004.Towards smoke-free public places
This report from the BMA Board of Science and Education and Tobacco Control Resource Centre in November 2002 summarises the scientific and medical knowledge on the nature and scale of the health effects of passive smoking.