From 1 October 2026, a new UK Vaping Products Duty begins and duty stamps start appearing on retail vape packaging. Here’s what the change means in Wales - and what it does not tell you about a product.
PARTNERSHIPS
Bring us in where tobacco and nicotine expertise can make a difference.
ASH Wales works with organisations across health, education, local government, research, enforcement, communities and the voluntary sector.
Some partnerships are long-term. Others start with one meeting, one event, one resource or one piece of evidence. The starting point is simple: tell us what you are working on and where you think we could add value.
What could we work on together?
Partnership does not have to mean a large funded project. These are some of the ways organisations work with ASH Wales.
Research & evidence
Wales-specific evidence, survey insight, briefings, consultation input and help making tobacco and nicotine data useful to the people who need it.
Campaigns & communications
Public-facing campaigns, shared messaging, community communications and practical ways to turn evidence into action people can understand.
Children & young people
Prevention resources, school and youth settings, staff support, insight from young people and work around nicotine products, pressure and access.
Policy & public health
Evidence and practical insight for tobacco control, prevention, smokefree policy and work focused on reducing smoking-related inequalities.
Illegal tobacco & vapes
Community reporting, public information, local insight and links between communications, enforcement and prevention through No Ifs. No Butts.
Events & professional learning
Speakers, webinars, workshops, network sessions and opportunities to share tobacco and nicotine knowledge with teams and professionals.
What ASH Wales brings
We know tobacco control in Wales. We bring Wales-specific research, public health communications, campaign experience, prevention work and links across sectors.
We can help make a complicated issue clearer, connect evidence with practice and bring a national view to local work – or local insight into national conversations.
Good fit for ASH Wales?
- Smoking and tobacco harm
- Vaping and nicotine products
- Children and young people
- Prevention and inequalities
- Tobacco control policy
- Public information and campaigns
A few ways this can start
“Can you contribute to this?”
Invite us to a meeting, working group, event, consultation or project where tobacco and nicotine expertise would help.
“Could we make something together?”
Bring us an idea for a resource, campaign, piece of research or prevention project and we can explore what is realistic.
“Who should we speak to?”
If ASH Wales is not the right route, we may still be able to point you to a useful network, service or partner.
Looking for a network rather than a project?
Our professional networks connect people working across tobacco control, health, prevention, policy and practice in Wales.
Working on prevention?
The Welsh Prevention Network is a route for people and organisations working with children and young people across Wales.
Got something in mind?
Send us a short outline of what you are working on, who it is for and where you think ASH Wales could help. It does not need to be a finished proposal.