Protecting public health policies from the vested interests of the tobacco industry: Creating a policy
Author(s)
Jenn Ruddick and Hilary Wareing
Presenter(s)
Jenn Ruddick Senior Policy & Campaigns Officer, Action on Smoking & Health (ASH), London
Hilary Wareing Director, Improving Performance in Practice (iPiP) and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre
Biography
Jenn Ruddick is Senior Policy & Campaigns Officer for ASH. Prior to working for ASH, Jenn worked as a Parliamentary Assistant for an MP and as a higher education policy researcher. She holds an MA in Public Policy & Governance from the University of Sheffield. At ASH, Jenn was involved in the campaign for standardised packaging, in particular communicating information to local areas and Parliamentarians and current areas of work include smoking in pregnancy, supporting the Smokefree Action Coalition, providing administrative support to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking & Health and harm reduction.
Hilary Wareing is Director of Improving Performance in Practice (iPiP) and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre (TCCC). She was involved with implementing smokefree legislation in England and a lead in the implementation within mental health settings. She is currently involved in reducing the prevalence of smoking in pregnancy, promoting smokefree homes, and supporting local authorities to review commissioning of services to reduce prevalence and help people quit. Hilary is part of the CLeaR training team and a Core Assessor. A member of the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge and Communications Groups and a topic expert adviser with NICE Quality Standards.
