We're running a Q&A over the coming week about stopping smoking with Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy at the University of Stirling who is working alongside the organisation ASH (Action on Smoking and Health).
Linda Bauld has conducted studies on drug and alcohol use, inequalities in health and, most notably, on tobacco control and smoking cessation. She is a former scientific adviser on tobacco control to the UK government and currently chairs a number of public health advisory and funding committees for NICE, Cancer Research UK and the Scottish government.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) was established in 1971 by the Royal College of Physicians. It is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco. ASH say "We do not attack smokers or condemn smoking and while we aim to be innovative and agenda setting in our work, our policies are always evidence based and follow a dual approach, involving:
• Information and networking: To develop opinion and awareness about the 'tobacco epidemic'
• Advocacy and campaigning: To press for policy measures that will reduce the burden of addiction, disease and premature death attributable to tobacco.
Information on our activities as well as a wide range of information and resources on smoking can be found on our website"
Post your questions to Linda before midday on Wednesday 11 June and we'll post up her answers the following week on 18 June.
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