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Briefings: tobacco control

Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of cancer worldwide. One in two smokers will die from their habit - half of them in middle age.

Cancer Research UK wants to prevent more people developing and dying from cancer. A third of the 151,000 cancer deaths in the UK are estimated to be the result of smoking.

Curbing the tobacco epidemic means implementing a broad range of measures, from controlling the tobacco industry's marketing and advertising techniques, to running health education campaigns and providing support for smokers who want to quit.

We believe that comprehensive smokefree legislation to make all workplaces and enclosed public places smokefree is vital to protect workers and the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and to encourage smokers to quit. We are lobbying MPs to vote for measures in the Health Bill that would include pubs and clubs going smokefree.

You can read our response to the Department of Health's consultation on smokefree public places.

To find out more about smoking and tobacco control, please click on the links below:

• Smokefree legislation
• Second-hand smoke
• Tobacco advertising
• Tobacco packaging
• Tobacco smuggling
• Tobacco subsidies
• Harm reduction
• The tobacco industry's tactics
• Tobacco in the developing world
• Frequently asked questions on the smokefree legislation

You can find out more about smoking and how to quit in the Healthy Living section of this website.

Consultations

Cancer Research UK has responded to several consultations on tobacco policy. To find out more about our responses to these consultations, please click on one of the links below: