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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Ailsa Rutter: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Ailsa Rutter
Director of Fresh, the North East tobacco control programme; OBE; trained nurse
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press citations on 1 topic since 5 May 2026 · last quoted 29 Sept 2026
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Ailsa Rutter: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director of Fresh, the North East tobacco control programme; OBE; trained nurse
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 5 May 2026
04 On the record · press
What Ailsa Rutter has said
By outlet · linked articles
- chroniclelive.co.uk1
- northumberlandgazette.co.uk1
- thenorthernecho.co.uk1
Where Ailsa Rutter has been quoted
- 01County Durham smokers urged to quit as free support expands this Stoptoberthenorthernecho.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- 02Record low number of pregnant women smoking in North Eastnorthumberlandgazette.co.uk · 18 Jun 2026
- 03Leading stop-smoking campaigner says new law is 'huge for the whole world'chroniclelive.co.uk · 5 May 2026
Verbatim
“It doesn't matter how many times you've tried before -- it is never too late to stop and gain benefits to your health and finances.”
“It is fantastic to see another significant decrease in the number of women smoking at the time of giving birth.”
“We are not anti-smoking, we are anti-deaths - and these deaths are avoidable.”
Related media coverage
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