Monday, October 12, 2026
News
The NNA has written to James Murray MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, to request that his department perform a post-implementation review of the vaping duty tax which came into force on 1st October. The new duty risks making safer alternatives less affordable and weakening the financial...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
News
The government's public consultation on "Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display" is open until 11:59pm on October 2nd. You can respond using the online survey at this link . You can read the NNA's briefing on the consultation here . Consumers are stakeholders too There is something...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026
News
The government is currently holding a consultation on "Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display" which closes at 11:59pm on 2nd October. It plans regulating safer nicotine like smoking, with restrictions on packaging, displays, advertising, flavours and more. The NNA has produced a...
Friday, August 21, 2026
News
We are increasingly disappointed by the attitude of politicians toward tobacco harm reduction in the United Kingdom. The change has been breathtaking. Britain was once regarded internationally as a leader in recognising that lives could be saved by moving away from combustible tobacco and...
Friday, July 10, 2026
News
The NNA can welcome one part of the Department of Health’s latest crackdown on vaping . At least ministers have stopped short of proposing a blanket ban on all vape flavours, something that would have removed one of the most effective tools helping millions of adults stay away from cigarettes....
Monday, March 23, 2026
News
The New Nicotine Alliance has launched a new campaign website to encourage supporters to respond to the government’s consultation on a proposed ban on vaping in public places and to contact their MP. We have also produced a supporting press release explaining why the proposal is a bad idea. You...
Friday, July 10, 2020
Blog
On Tuesday the Office for National Statistics – the UK government’s official agency for assessing economic and social behaviour – released their latest statistical bulletin on smoking prevalence. It made for interesting reading: The proportion of current smokers in the UK has fallen significantly...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Blog
Chesterfield Royal Hospital unveiled a vaping ban in 2017 which has since been rescinded In August, the government’s Science and Technology Committee produced a report detailing, amongst other recommendations, suggested policies on e-cigarette use on NHS property. Specifically dealing with mental...
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Blog
NNA Poster Authors: Stimson, Gerry; Jakes, Sarah; Harding, Jessica; Morrison, Andy; Dorn, Dave; Costall, Paddy; Salim Sartoni, Sairah; Summers, John; MacKintosh, David; Molloy, Kevin Objectives: to outline the experience of a nicotine consumer group (New Nicotine Alliance UK) in using legal...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Blog
In his recent paper published in the journal 'Addiction' Robert West and colleagues tried to count the number of additional people who successfully quit smoking in 2014 and would not have done so if ecigs didn't exist.You can read the paper here. The conclusions drawn in this analysis have...
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