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Stockton Borough Council Housing and Community Safety Select Committee: Review of Tobacco Control 25 th October 2012 Catherine Taylor, Fresh Richard Ferry, North East Trading Standards Association
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Stockton Borough Council Housing and Community Safety Select Committee: Review of Tobacco Control 25 th October 2012. Catherine Taylor, Fresh Richard Ferry, North East Trading Standards Association. Each year smoking causes the greatest number of preventable deaths. HIV: 529. Traffic: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Stockton Borough CouncilHousing and Community Safety Select
Committee:Review of Tobacco Control
25th October 2012Catherine Taylor, Fresh
Richard Ferry, North East Trading Standards Association
Each year smoking causes the greatest number of preventable deaths
References:1. ASH Factsheet, Smoking Statistics: illness & death, October 2011 (http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_107.pdf) NB area represents value
Obesity: 34,100
Smoking: 81,400
Alcohol: 6,541
Suicide:5,377
Drug misuse: 1,738
HIV: 529
Traffic:2,502
Good progress in the North East
The North East comprehensive tobacco control programme
1. Developing infrastructure, skills and capacity
2. Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke
3. Helping smokers to stop
4. Media, communications and education
5. Reducing availability and supply
6. Reducing tobacco promotion
7. Tobacco regulation
8. Research, monitoring and evaluation
Recent activity
Overall the latest figures show a decline in the illicit trade – however intelligence shows
Children as young as 8 – 10 are being sold cigarettes
Dealers will sell singles to children on their way to and from school
Traders are becoming more sophisticated and organised, targeting and exploiting communities
- but effective joint action is taking place-
Key regulatory issuesA lethal product: a childhood addiction, not an adult choice
High levels of public support for protecting children from tobacco
Ensuring continued compliance with current legislation e.g.•smokefree legislation•underage sales•vending machines•point of sale displays
Reducing the demand for and the supply of illicit tobacco – the North of England programme
•comprehensive approach•impact
What next? Standardised packaging
The problem The solution
What next?
Continued effective enforcement of existing legislation
A recognition that the job is not done: need to call for appropriate regulation for a lethal product
including - tobacco licensing / registrationsmokefree playgrounds / outdoor spaces
For the Select Committee to consider: Is there sufficient capacity to carry out tobacco
control regulatory duties? Are there intelligence protocols in place so that
enforcement agencies can work together effectively? Are there policies in place around sales of illicit
tobacco on council premises/in social housing? Is the council considering making playgrounds
smokefree? Is there a policy in place against working with the
tobacco industry?
For more information
Catherine TaylorFresh0191 333 [email protected]
Richard FerryNorth East Trading Standards Association07946 549 [email protected]
www.freshne.comwww.illicittobacconorth.orgwww.keep-it-out.co.uk
