Hazel Cheeseman

It doesn't mean the death of hospitality (it is apparently possible to socialise without being drunk I've heard) and it doesn't mean obliterating alcohol from society altogether. But perhaps just a little more moderation would be good for all of us?

Alcohol is a major cause of harm to health and society. Taking actions to create workplaces and communities where we consume less is basically good for everyone other than people like CEO of Diagio.

New taxes could solve job-related drinking ‘productivity crisis’ IPPR also said the government should take action on the ‘cheapest, strongest drinks which cause the most harm’

In the meantime @ippr.org reports that young people in the UK feel pressured to drink alcohol at work with knock on effects for productivity. Perhaps we could create work places that don't make our young people (or anyone else) feel compelled to have a drink? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Fewer young Europeans are drinking alcohol in part due to health concerns but the CEO of Diagio isn't buying it. Definitely not that people feel better when they don't consume your product... www.reuters.com/business/eur...

A cigarette 'filter' does not filter to make smoking less harmful. It was an incredible tobacco industry lie to keep people smoking when the evidence of how lethal it was started to emerge, a lie that has endured into the 21st C. Any suggestions for a more accurate word to describe them?

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

So exhausting..

New Data on Vaping Uncovers a Public Health Disconnect - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Our PR from the summer: ash.org.uk/media-centre...

Great article from @iansample.bsky.social. Starts with info on the significant harms to oral health from smoking and moves on to give nuanced assessment of the more limited evidence on vaping. If all coverage was like this then a majority of Brits would not think that vaping was as bad as smoking.

‘I can’t escape these machines’: addicts tell of huge losses from slot gambling Councils given more powers to stop ‘unwanted’ sites opening, as number of UK slot machines exceeds 30,000

Here's the latest in our series on "adult gaming centres", high street 24hr slot machine shops.

Today shop workers and gamblers tell us stories of human misery. The govt is giving councils more power to stop "unwanted" shops. Is it enough? 🧵

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Lets circulate some well researched content on a day when complete nonsense is being thrown around

What a world. As if you don't have enough to be stressed about when your pregnant without having to navigate this nonsense.

I realise this is mostly an important message about climate change but it's nice to see the visible confirmation of how wet my socks were during three years at a Welsh university

Great to see this study out showing the scope for vape regulation that does not damage the likelihood of adult smokers switching to vaping. If Parliament can get on and pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill then measures like this can be implemented: www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

Public health shouldn’t be centred around individual behaviour change. It should be focused on changing the wider commercial, social, environmental & ultimately political determinants of health. Behaviour change will naturally come when healthy behaviours are facilitated by those structural changes.

Strange choice at any time, particularly ahead of budget where further taxes on industry are on the table. Let’s hope she intends to also meet those making the case on the health / mental health side eg @willprochaska.bsky.social

Strange choice at any time, particularly ahead of budget where further taxes on industry are on the table. Let’s hope she intends to also meet those making the case on the health / mental health side eg @willprochaska.bsky.social

Get tough on tobacco and alcohol firms to improve public health | Letters Letters: Hazel Cheeseman, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore and Katharine Jenner call for minimum unit pricing, a levy on profits, and policies to improve food and drink. Plus a letter from Mary Foy

The APPG on Smoking & Health’s Co-Chair @marykfoymp.bsky.social wrote to the Guardian 📰 making the case for a polluter pays levy on tobacco companies 🚭.

£700m per year direct from industry (not taxpayers!) to fund smoking cessation services.

What’s not to like! 🙌

🔗 Read here: shorturl.at/O8bBv

Though maybe they have a snazzy comms campaign calling for Christmas to be delayed until further research proving the credibility of Christmas has been completed...

Generally 'reducing harm' from tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food means people buying less. It is not remotely credible to say your business is 'part of the solution'. Turkeys do not vote for Christmas: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Painting featuring a white woman in a white robe with hair tied up embracing a female child in blue in a dark interior, both subjects looking out towards the viewer

Self-portrait with Daughter (1789) by French painter Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun #WomensArt

Various photos of houses with white walls and blue painted floral designs, as well as the artist herself at work

Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years #WomensArt

Get tough on tobacco and alcohol firms to improve public health | Letters Letters: Hazel Cheeseman, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore and Katharine Jenner call for minimum unit pricing, a levy on profits, and policies to improve food and drink. Plus a letter from Mary Foy

Myself from @ashorguk.bsky.social kat from @oha-updates.bsky.social and Ian from @aha-uk.bsky.social sharing our thoughts on what is needed to be bold on prevention: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Recruitment - ASH

ASH is looking for a new Chair
ash.org.uk/recruitment

Resignation of Claire Murdoch

Claire has overseen a period of pretty substantial (unprecedented?) growth in spending on mental health services ... Yet it's miles away from meeting need and demand

The commitment to that growing investment now very clearly at an end

YouTube video by GBNews WATCH: Wes Streeting speech at Policy Live event

👀 Watch the full speech here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBJn...

Great to hear SOS for Health, Wes Streeting, speak so passionately about public health at #Nesta #PolicyLive 💬🌍. When asked what gives him hope for the future, he pointed to investment in prevention and the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill 🚭✨

ASH has set out what we think is achievable for this Parliament, 2 million fewer smokers. We’d like to see the same from the government- what will they reduce smoking to and how will they do it?

Delay to England cancer plan risks ‘costing lives’, charity warns Cancer Research UK says ministers need to deliver ‘ambitious’ strategy as rates of disease are forecast to rise

‘Cancer Research UK says ministers need to deliver ‘ambitious’ strategy as rates of disease are forecast to rise’

www.ft.com/content/04be... via @financialtimes.com @michellecruk.bsky.social

#turningpointforcancer

🎙️ Listen to @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social speaking on Times Radio about youth vaping and the urgent need to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to protect children while balancing the needs of smokers to use vapes to quit.