ASH 50th anniversary event hosted by the RCP - Session 1

On 2 December 2021, ASH commemorated its 50th anniversary at an event hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The event was a chance to look back at the success of ASH within the tobacco control landscape in the UK and focus on what still needs to be achieved to end the tobacco epidemic.

Speakers

0:00 - 09:55 Dr Andrew Goddard, President of the RCP - Welcome and introduction

09:55 - 23:00 Lord Young of Cookham who has seen ASH go from strength to strength during his 47 years in parliament, as a health minister and leading parliamentarian in both houses.

23:00 - 40:05 Professor Sir Richard Peto sets out progress on reducing smoking-related death and disease over 50 years and future projections.

40:05 - 59:55 Deborah Arnott, Chief Executive of ASH, discusses the challenge we still face if we are to deliver the Government’s ambition of a Smokefree 2030.