Smoking and Health APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

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To monitor and discuss the health and social effects of smoking; to review potential changes in existing legislation to reduce levels of smoking; to assess the latest medical techniques to assist in smoking cessation; and to act as a resource for the group’s members on all issues relating to smoking and public health.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 30th July 2015
5 APPG Memberships
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel
Mary Kelly Foy Portrait
Mary Kelly Foy
Co-Chair
Labour - City of Durham
Joined: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
Jim Dickson Portrait
Jim Dickson
Vice Chair
Labour - Dartford
Joined: 20th November 2024
1 APPG Membership
Sport and Physical Activity
Lord Rennard Portrait
Lord Rennard
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Political and Media Literacy , Vietnam
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Bob Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7082.

Email: bob.blackman.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Helen Duffy, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Tel: 020 7404 0242

Email: helen.duffy@ash.org.uk

Secretariat:

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) acts as the group's secretariat. https://ash.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://ash.org.uk/about/who-we-work-with/appg

Benefits in Kind
Date
14 Oct 2024
Source
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/10/2024 To : 13/10/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Mar 2024
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Event
Value
£3,001
Date
14 Jan 2024
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Dec 2023
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Event
Value
£3,001
Date
9 Nov 2023
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Development of a report plus launch event for the report
Value
£4,501
Date
19 Jul 2023
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£7,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
9 Mar 2022
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2022
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
9 Jun 2021
Source
Gardiner Richardson
Description
PR work for a report
Value
£3,001
Date
9 Jun 2021
Source
SPECTRUM Research Consortium
Description
Analysis and review provided for a report
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2021
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
26 Oct 2016
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Printing report; producing bulletins; funding a reception.
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jul 2016
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/07/2016 To : 30/06/2017
Value
£1,501
Date
25 Mar 2015
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Reception
Value
£3,001
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Action on Smoking and Health
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Smoking and Health APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Electric Vehicle , Housing and Care for Older People , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Alex Cunningham Portrait
Alex Cunningham
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stockton North
Joined: 29th August 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Faulkner of Worcester Portrait
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Channel Islands
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Carbon Monoxide , Dying Well
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Erewash
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Ian Mearns Portrait
Ian Mearns
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Gateshead
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Philippa Whitford Portrait
Philippa Whitford
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Central Ayrshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness O'Cathain Portrait
Baroness O'Cathain
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Kevin Barron Portrait
Kevin Barron
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 12th October 2016
No other APPG Memberships