TMA NEWS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW RESEARCH: PLAIN PACKAGING AND SMALL TOBACCO PACKS BAN BOOSTING BLACK MARKET AS 20th MAY DEADLINE FOR MAJOR CHANGES TO UK TOBACCO MARKET NEARS The day before major changes in the UK tobacco market are due to come into full...
Giles Roca, Director General of the TMA said: “This report destroys the rationale for the introduction of plain packaging by finding no evidence that it actually acts a deterrent to young people in taking up smoking – this was at the core of the Government’s and...
NEWS RELEASE – Embargoed until 00:01hrs Sunday October 11, 2015 The Tobacco Manufacturers' Association (TMA) responds to calls by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health to increase tobacco taxes to fund a reduction in smoking prevalence. Giles Roca, Director General of the TMA...
PRESS RELEASE: Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association 9th August 2015 Smokers use holidays to dodge soaring UK cigarette prices • Half of smokers plan to bring back “as many” cheap cigarettes as possible from holidays • UK cigarettes up to sixteen times more expensive than other European countries • UK tax on...
03 August 2015 The Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA) has launched a campaign at Birmingham airport to remind passengers jetting off on their summer holidays that bringing tobacco products into the UK and selling them on is a criminal offence. The campaign will run during the busy...
Embargoed until 00.01 Wednesday 10 June 2015 Commenting on the proposals by the anti-tobacco group Action on Smoking and Health for future tobacco control measures Giles Roca, Director General of the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association commented: "This report shows just how draconian and self-serving...
TMA responds to the Chancellor’s Budget – 18 March 2015 18 March 2015 Responding to today’s Budget announcement, Giles Roca, Director General of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA), said: “The decision to increase tobacco duties by 2% above inflation is simply a continuation of a failing tobacco...
Responding to the report, Giles Roca, Director General of the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association (TMA) said: “We are pleased that the Committee has recognised the work that the tobacco industry does in the UK to address the issue of smoking related litter and also that councils are...
11 March 2015 Today the House of Commons voted in favour of introducing plain packaging of tobacco products. Giles Roca, Director General of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association said: “Plain packaging is unnecessary, unjustified and unwanted by the majority who responded to the public consultations as well as...