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ASH Scotland retweeted
Nicotine pouches are growing in popularity, including among young people. That raises concerns about what increased nicotine use could mean for their health and well-being.
Nicotine can negatively affect the developing adolescent brain, including learning, memory and executive function. Yet tobacco companies are investing heavily in nicotine pouches as part of a strategy to grow and sustain nicotine use.
Read the brief to learn more: bit.ly/4w3s9IJ
#ExposeTobacco #MentalHealth
ASH Scotland retweeted
🌍 @WHO World No Tobacco Day 2027 Awards.
This year’s theme is especially important:
🧠 Mental well-being – protecting young minds from tobacco and nicotine.
The awards recognize individuals, organizations, government departments and other groups that have made an outstanding contribution to advancing tobacco control and protecting people—especially young people—from the harms of tobacco and nicotine.
👏 If you know a person or organization whose leadership, innovation, advocacy or commitment has made a real difference, this is an opportunity to shine a light on their work and celebrate their impact.
📅 Nomination deadline: 20 November 2026, 17:00 GMT
🔗 Learn more and submit a nomination:
who.int/news-room/articles-d…
#FCTCSavesLives #WorldNoTobaccoDay #WNTD2027
ASH Scotland retweeted
🚨 Flavoured tobacco is a trap.
🍓🍬🌿 Sweet, fruity, minty and other flavours can make tobacco products more appealing and mask the harshness of tobacco smoke — helping attract and sustain tobacco use.
📜 Under the WHO FCTC Articles 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, Parties are encouraged to prohibit or restrict ingredients that increase the palatability and attractiveness of tobacco products, including flavourings, sugars, sweeteners, herbs and spices.
🌍 And countries are taking action: over 40 countries now ban flavoured tobacco products.
🚭 Flavours don’t make tobacco safer — they can make it more attractive.
👉 Regulate flavours. Reduce attractiveness. Protect public health.
Read more -> fctc.who.int/resources/publi…
ASH Scotland retweeted
They denied cigarettes caused cancer. They disputed the harms of secondhand smoke. They claimed nicotine wasn’t addictive. Today, tobacco companies are making new claims about newer products. Their track record suggests these claims shouldn’t be taken at face value.
Learn more: bit.ly/3SdQfzr
#ExposeTobacco
ASH Scotland retweeted
On #InternationalYouthDay 🌍👥, we must be clear: young people are not the tobacco industry’s next market. 🚭 Our future is not their market. 🔮
The voices of young people are essential 🗣️✨ to building a healthier, more sustainable world 🌱🌎—one free from the harms of tobacco and nicotine products.
At COP11, we had the privilege of meeting many of the Global Youth Voices 🌍🧑🤝🧑, and we remain committed to listening to their ideas, experiences and determination. 💬💪 Young people are helping us understand how our world is changing, and they will shape the future of public health. ❤️🩹🌎
Tobacco and nicotine companies continue to redesign products, flavours and marketing 📱🎯 to attract a new generation. We therefore call on Parties to the WHO FCTC to fully implement Article 13, including by addressing advertising, promotion and sponsorship across digital media, influencers, entertainment and sport 📲🎬🏅, in line with the newly adopted guidance on entertainment media.
We also call on Parties to uphold Article 5.3 🛡️ and protect public health policymaking from tobacco industry interference.
Different contexts. Common aspirations. 🌍🤝 Our future is not their market. 🚭
#InternationalYouthDay #YouthDay #FCTCSavesLives
📄 Read the 2026 open letter, “Protect Young People, Make the Tobacco Industry Pay,” from the Global Youth Voices:
gyv-cms.ggtc.world/wp-conten…
ASH Scotland retweeted
Tobacco harms our 🌍 — from seed to smoke to waste.
On #WorldEnvironmentDay , I urge Parties to fully implement Article 18 of the WHO FCTC, addressing the environmental impact of tobacco cultivation, production, use & disposal — including e-cigarettes.
#FCTCProtectsOurPlanet
#FCTCSavesLives 🌱
fctc.who.int/newsroom/spotli…
ASH Scotland retweeted
Today’s nicotine products were not designed to look dangerous.
Ahead of #WorldNoTobaccoDay 2026, GGTC’s latest policy brief examines how the tobacco industry redesigned nicotine itself — from nicotine salts and high-strength formulations to flavours, discreet devices, and synthetic nicotine loopholes — to make addiction easier, faster, and harder to escape, especially for young people.
💡The brief highlights:
• Nicotine’s 67.5% lifetime dependence probability — higher than alcohol, cocaine, or cannabis
• Product engineering specifically designed to reduce sensory barriers and normalize use
• Growing evidence linking nicotine use among youth to mental-health harms, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation
• The industry’s use of “harm reduction” narratives and CSR to protect profits and influence policy
The brief calls for:
☑️Banning recreational addictive nicotine products
☑️Classifying nicotine as a controlled substance
☑️Prohibiting tobacco industry CSR
☑️Expanding liability and cost-recovery measures so the industry pays for the harms it caused
🔗 Read the full brief: bit.ly/4v8mEZ2
#UnmaskTheAppeal #wntd2026 #TobaccoExposed #ProtectYouth
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ASH Scotland retweeted
Today we celebrate the 21st Anniversary to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control! 🎉🌍
For more than two decades, this landmark treaty has stood as a powerful force in protecting present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental, and economic consequences of tobacco use. 🚭💙🛡️
Since its adoption, the WHO FCTC has united countries around a shared commitment to evidence-based policies — from smoke-free environments 🚭 and strong health warnings ⚠️ to tobacco taxation 💰 and advertising bans 📵.
Its impact has saved millions of lives, strengthened national public health systems 🏥, and advanced global health equity ⚖️.
As we celebrate 21 years of progress ✨, we renew our collective determination to confront emerging challenges, counter industry interference, and accelerate action toward a tobacco-free world. 🌱
Here’s to continued collaboration 🤝, bold leadership 🌟, and a healthier future for all! 🌎💚
#FCTCSavesLives
🔗fctc.who.int/convention
ASH Scotland retweeted
🚫 The tobacco industry is still deploying tactics that were used two decades ago to attempt to weaken Scotland’s smoking ban, #UofStirling and @ASHScotland experts have warned.
🔗 Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wZMda
ASH Scotland retweeted
1/ NEW research from @BathTr reveals the environmental devastation linked to the production of flue-cured Virginia tobacco (FCV) in Zimbabwe-the deforestation of 60,000 hectares of woodland each year. 🧵tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conte…
ASH Scotland retweeted
In recent years, two long running population surveys have shown concerning shifts in #smoking and #vaping trends among adolescents and young adults.
Key to the UK’s tobacco-free future is prioritising concerted action to reduce youth smoking and vaping
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ASH Scotland retweeted
Do you want to join an innovative and collaborative Policy, Information and Communications Team? @ASHScotland are recruiting for a Public Affairs Officer!
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ASH Scotland retweeted
CTSI Scottish Branch were delighted to nominate Sheila for this award, recognising her unwavering commitment to tobacco regulation, to protecting public health across Scotland, and her consistent support to safeguard consumers from harmful and illegal tobacco and vaping products.
Our CEO, Sheila Duffy, was delighted to receive the Chartered Trading Standards Institute Special Recognition Award at CTSI's annual Hero Awards ceremony in acknowledgement of her outstanding contribution to supporting trading standards.
Read more: ashscotland.org.uk/ash-scotl…
ASH Scotland retweeted
📢 Bookings are open for our final Members Network meeting of 2025!
We are delighted to be joined by @AlcoholFocus, @fastforwardorg and @ASHScotland to explore how we support young people to make healthier choices ✅
Book now 👉 bit.ly/4o6n0vh
ASH Scotland retweeted
"The evidence is unequivocal: [cigarette] filters are ineffective, deceptive, and environmentally destructive— and the case for a complete ban is now fully justified on health, environmental, and ethical grounds."
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ASH Scotland retweeted
Alert: The Secretariat of the WHO FCTC is alerting governments and the public that the tobacco industry is intensifying efforts to interfere with the work of #COP11, the treaty’s decision-making body, to weaken global tobacco control measures.
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ASH Scotland retweeted
🔴 The tobacco industry is “intensifying efforts to interfere” with an international treaty that aims to curtail smoking and vaping, the World Health Organization has warned
telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
ASH Scotland retweeted
Figures released by @scotgovhealth today show smoking rates have stalled at 14% - prompting calls for transparency over funding for NHS help to quit services
@ASHScotland @P_H_S_Official
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ASH Scotland retweeted
🎓 New PhD opportunity available at the University of Bath!
Starting January 2026, a new #funded PhD placement will examine #PolluterPays approaches to address the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH.
📅 Apply by Tues 30 September.
Find out more: findaphd.com/phds/project/po…
ASH Scotland retweeted
Vaping impacts both our health and the environment. Vapes are littering the streets where @LessWasteLaura lives.
Let’s take care of our health and the planet—think twice before starting to #vape.