Tobacco

Citation

(2012), "Tobacco", Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 12 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dat.2012.54412daa.006

Tobacco

Article Type: Round up From: Drugs and Alcohol Today, Volume 12, Issue 4

Tobacco and Health in Wales, 2012 – a report from The Public Health Wales Observatory and the Welsh Government is a comprehensive summary of statistics on tobacco use and its impact on health and health services in Wales, www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/922/page/59800

The case for local action on tobacco – the latest version of the local tobacco control profiles provides up-to-date profiles of tobacco use, tobacco harm and smoking cessation across England. Working together, ASH, the Faculty of Public Health, the Local Government Group, Fresh North East, Tobacco Free Futures (formerly Smokefree North West) and Smokefree South West have produced a set of materials for Directors of Public Health to use with key councillors to help ensure that tackling tobacco use is high on the local public health agenda, http://ash.org.uk/localtoolkit/

A high court decision in Australia has upheld the governments plain packaging for cigarettes law, www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/high-court-clears-way-for-plain-packaged-cigarettes-to-be-sold-in-australia/story-fn59niix-1226450705366