{"id":5136,"date":"2025-05-29T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/?p=5136"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:43:09","slug":"world-no-tobacco-day-some-reasons-to-be-cheerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/2025\/05\/29\/world-no-tobacco-day-some-reasons-to-be-cheerful\/","title":{"rendered":"World No Tobacco Day \u2013 some reasons to be cheerful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-15.42.18.png\" alt=\"Prof Nick Hopkinson\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does a future without tobacco look like \u2014 and how close are we to achieving it? On World No Tobacco Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.imperial.ac.uk\/n.hopkinson\">Professor Nick Hopkinson<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/nhli\/\">National Heart and Lung Institute<\/a> highlights recent developments that offer real reasons for optimism. From the UK\u2019s bold Tobacco and Vapes Bill to global momentum behind measures like generational sales bans and filter bans, he explores the policies, progress, and possibilities shaping a smokefree future. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Tobacco and Vapes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/health-inequalities\/the-tobacco-and-vapes-bill\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bill<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is making its way steadily through Parliament and should be on the statute books later this year. This will create a smokefree generation where it will be illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Jan 2009 &#8211; though possession and smoking itself will not be illegal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Maldives also has recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/maldives\/press-releases\/unicef-statement-maldives-tobacco-control-act#:~:text=The%20amendment%20prohibits%20the%20sale,on%20tobacco%20advertising%20and%20sponsorship.\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">passed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> legislation to introduce a generational sales ban. Meanwhile a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ersnet.org\/news-and-features\/news\/ers-offers-eu-member-states-a-clear-pathway-to-introducing-a-generational-sales-ban-on-tobacco\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from the European Respiratory Society sets out clearly that a generational sales ban falls within the competence of EU Member States, so there is no legal bar to other European countries following the UK\u2019s lead.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will also extend the government\u2019s powers to regulate all nicotine and tobacco products in relation to packaging, branding, point of sale, ingredients and product design, prohibit all remaining advertising and sponsorship of nicotine products (tobacco itself being already comprehensively prohibited), introduce powers to create retail licencing for nicotine and tobacco products, extend smokefree legislation powers to\u00a0\u00a0 include outdoor public places, and introduce the ability to designate smokefree areas,\u00a0 as well as increase penalties and enforcement powers. There is a strong theme of future-proofing the legislation to prevent the tobacco industry from developing workarounds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">June 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> sees a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/media-centre\/news\/blog\/the-2025-disposable-vapes-ban-what-you-need-to-know\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ban on the sale of disposable vapes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> across the UK. This has been introduced on environmental rather than health grounds, and by Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) rather than Department of Health Social Care (DHSC). The impact of this measure on the prevalence of vaping itself will probably be modest, as the industry has adapted rapidly to produce vape devices that are technically reusable but have a similar appearance and will be just as cheap. The planned excise tax, which should set a minimum unit price for vapes, is likely to have more effect, and restrictions set out in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill should substantially reduce the appeal and accessibility of vaping to children and young people, while keeping vaping available as an option for people who want to use it to quit smoking.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Santa Cruz County, California passed legislation to introduce the world\u2019s first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org\/santa-cruz-countys-first-in-the-world-cigarette-filter-ban\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ban<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on cigarette filters last Autumn. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.8b01533\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">life cycle analysis<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> we published in 2019, cataloguing the substantial environmental impact of tobacco cultivation, curing, manufacture, use and disposal was based on an estimated 6 trillion cigarettes consumed annually, a figure that has fallen to around 5 trillion. However, cigarette butts remain the most common item of marine microplastic pollution. As well as leaching toxic chemicals into the environment, cigarette filters provide no health benefit and are essentially a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/media-centre\/news\/blog\/the-great-cigarette-filter-fraud\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">fraudulent product<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. A ban on filters would be a welcome next step in the United Kingdom, and forms part of the discussions around the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org\/plastic-pollution\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UN Plastics Treaty<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last year saw the return of varenicline and the approval of cytisine \/ cystinicline, both highly effective smoking cessation medications, but there are concerns that cuts to ICB funding may lead to the closure of smoking cessation services. It is important to note that although tobacco endgame policies like the smokefree generation are the long-term solution, the biggest health gains in the near to medium term will come from supporting the country\u2019s 6 million smokers to quit \u2013 ICBs will need to explain how they are budgeting for the increased <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcp.ac.uk\/improving-care\/resources\/hiding-in-plain-sight-treating-tobacco-dependency-in-the-nhs\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">in year costs caused by the resulting smoking related disease<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to be paid for.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a future without tobacco look like \u2014 and how close are we to achieving it? On World No Tobacco Day, Professor Nick Hopkinson from the National Heart and Lung Institute highlights recent developments that offer real reasons for optimism. 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