Professional Networks

We work to continually build partnerships with individuals, leading health bodies, and our sister organisations across the UK.

Through our networks, the Wales Tobacco Control Alliance (WTCA) and Wales Tobacco or Health Network (WTHN), we provide third sector leadership in the creation and implementation of Wales’ Tobacco Control Strategies.

We represent Wales’ voice in the UK-wide Smokefree Action Coalition (SFAC), which monitors and lobby’s the UK Government’s actions over tobacco.

The WTHN brings together a broad spectrum of individuals and organisations with an interest in tobacco or health inequalities for an annual conference.

The event provides an engaging platform to explore the challenges and solutions to national and local actions. The WTHN allows international experts and frontline workers to come together to create informed strategies to reduce the harms caused by tobacco.

Lead by ASH Wales, the WTCA is Wales’ only independent think-tank dedicated to tackling tobacco control. Through a collaboration of third sector partners, we provide a unified voice to drive change to reduce health inequalities and smoking rates.

Set up with the purpose of ensuring that tobacco control remains a key component of the health agenda in Wales and to monitor the progress being made to address the inequalities caused by smoking in Wales, the Cross Party Group is comprised of people from various backgrounds, including members of the Senedd, the third sector, public health bodies, NHS Wales and private sector digital companies, who meet to discuss the way forward in decreasing smoking prevalence in Wales.

Smokefree Action Coalition (SFAC). The SFAC is a large group of organisations from across the UK who are committed to promoting public health.