Yesterday we were lucky enough to be invited to an event at the House of Commons hosted by ASH and The British Heart Foundation! The All Party Parliamentary event was on plain packaging and we were able to speak to MPs and let them know our thoughts on plain packaging. We were also able to inform them that since the start of the UK plain packaging consultation 1,848 young people have started smoking in Liverpool...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Friday, 5 April 2013
Hi Everyone!
Yesterday we took a day trip to London, along with over 10,000 postcards that we have collected in support of our SmokeOff campaign! We had twenty bags of postcards with us that we took by train, tube and taxi to the offices of OFCOM near London Bridge. We asked at reception if they would mind giving the letter we had written to the CEO and if we would leave our postcards for him. The receptionist said that was fine but we don't think she had realised just how many postcards we would be leaving! By the time we had finished putting the postcards on her desk you couldn't see her any more as she was hidden by them!
We explained in our letter to the CEO that we would like OFCOM to follow their own guidelines and stop showing programmes that contain smoking before the watershed so that children are not influenced by what they are watching.
We await his response!
Thank you to everyone who has supported this campaign!
Yesterday we took a day trip to London, along with over 10,000 postcards that we have collected in support of our SmokeOff campaign! We had twenty bags of postcards with us that we took by train, tube and taxi to the offices of OFCOM near London Bridge. We asked at reception if they would mind giving the letter we had written to the CEO and if we would leave our postcards for him. The receptionist said that was fine but we don't think she had realised just how many postcards we would be leaving! By the time we had finished putting the postcards on her desk you couldn't see her any more as she was hidden by them!
We explained in our letter to the CEO that we would like OFCOM to follow their own guidelines and stop showing programmes that contain smoking before the watershed so that children are not influenced by what they are watching.
We await his response!
Thank you to everyone who has supported this campaign!
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Great day for us today as we now have over 10,000 postcards signed in
support of our SmokeOff campaign! The SmokeOff campaign targets OFCOM and asks
the organisation to follow their own guidelines with regards to smoking on
television. OFCOM guidelines state "Smoking must not be condoned,
encouraged or glamourised in programmes likely to be widely seen or heard by
under-18s unless there is editorial justification." Yet many programmes
like Coronation Street and Eastenders regularly contain smoking scenes, at
times when young people are watching.
Research shows that there is a close relationship between exposure to smoking on TV and the take up of smoking among 10 - 15 year olds.
We are not asking OFCOM to edit shows that have already been shown, rather to ensure that all future pre-watershed programmes are smoke free.
We are happy for historical figures to still smoke, for example Winston Churchill in Dr Who, and we are happy for smoking to be shown if the health consequences of smoking are also shown.
We now have 10,000 people who support us and we will be letting OFCOM know!
Research shows that there is a close relationship between exposure to smoking on TV and the take up of smoking among 10 - 15 year olds.
We are not asking OFCOM to edit shows that have already been shown, rather to ensure that all future pre-watershed programmes are smoke free.
We are happy for historical figures to still smoke, for example Winston Churchill in Dr Who, and we are happy for smoking to be shown if the health consequences of smoking are also shown.
We now have 10,000 people who support us and we will be letting OFCOM know!
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Hey All!
Yesterday was National No Smoking Day and to show our support we printed an 'Open Letter' in the Liverpool Echo that made clear what the law is with regards to tobacco and children. We wanted to do this as we carried out some test purchases a couple of weeks ago in Liverpool City Centre and we were shocked to find that four out of five shops were happy to sell to us without even asking for ID - we are all under 18. We also know that many people are still confused about how old you have to be to buy cigarettes since the age rose to 18 in 2007 so we felt that it was important to give the facts. We wrote and designed the letter ourselves and were really pleased to see it in print! We hope you liked it too!
D-MYST The Agency
Yesterday was National No Smoking Day and to show our support we printed an 'Open Letter' in the Liverpool Echo that made clear what the law is with regards to tobacco and children. We wanted to do this as we carried out some test purchases a couple of weeks ago in Liverpool City Centre and we were shocked to find that four out of five shops were happy to sell to us without even asking for ID - we are all under 18. We also know that many people are still confused about how old you have to be to buy cigarettes since the age rose to 18 in 2007 so we felt that it was important to give the facts. We wrote and designed the letter ourselves and were really pleased to see it in print! We hope you liked it too!
D-MYST The Agency
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Hi Everyone, Matty and Prince here.
We hve been out the last couple of days in the cold, giving out leaflets and promo items about the new campaign, Play Smokefree!
It has been successful and we have given out a lot of stuff to the friendly public.
Tomorrow is our last day of visiting the Liverpool parks and we have had lots of fun!
We hve been out the last couple of days in the cold, giving out leaflets and promo items about the new campaign, Play Smokefree!
It has been successful and we have given out a lot of stuff to the friendly public.
Tomorrow is our last day of visiting the Liverpool parks and we have had lots of fun!
Hi Everyone, Matty and Prince here.
We hve been out the last couple of days in the cold, giving out leaflets and promo items about the new campaign, Play Smokefree!
It has been successful and we have given out a lot of stuff to the friendly public.
Tomorrow is our last day of visiting the Liverpool parks and we have had lots of fun!
We hve been out the last couple of days in the cold, giving out leaflets and promo items about the new campaign, Play Smokefree!
It has been successful and we have given out a lot of stuff to the friendly public.
Tomorrow is our last day of visiting the Liverpool parks and we have had lots of fun!
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