I guess we won't be seeing any more pictures like this.
Yes, it's true. Public health minister and ASH ally Anne Milton (third from right) has been removed from her post at the Department of Health.
I wonder whether this letter had anything to do with her eventual dismissal? Minister's links with ASH questioned.
Or this: ASH's credibility goes up in smoke.
H/T National Federation of Retail Newsagents
Probably not this but the headline says what many people thought about Milton's cosy relationship with ASH: I think I'm going to be sick
The photo was taken last year at the House of Commons. See ASH awarded WHO medal on 40th "birthday" (Forest).
From left: Sir Richard Thompson (president, Royal College of Physicians), Stephen Williams MP (chair of All Party Parliamentary on Smoking and Health), Kevin Barron MP, Anne Milton (minister for public health) holding the WHO World No Smoking Day Award, Deborah Arnott (CEO of ASH), Professor John Moxham (chair of ASH).
Warning: don't celebrate too soon ...