Tobacco research
Hightlights:
Smoking Cessation Pilot Projects
Health Scotland is evaluating the pilot smoking cessation projects for young people.
The Ban on Smoking in Public Places in Scotland
Health Scotland is evaluating the impact of Scotland's recent ban on smoking in public places.
Passive Smoking and Associated Causes of Death in Adults in Scotland
Towards a future without tobacco
The Report of The Smoking Prevention Working Group (external link)
More than any other single thing, the cigarette has blighted the health and shortened the lives of people in Scotland for over a century. Tobacco is now known to be a highly addictive substance that seriously damages the health of both smokers and people exposed to tobacco smoke. If the health of people in Scotland is to be improved and inequalities reduced, smoking prevention must be a top priority.
This report makes a comprehensive series of
recommendations intended to protect and dissuade all young people in Scotland from starting to smoke and to deter adults, individually and collectively, from encouraging or enabling them to smoke. Their full implementation should take Scotland much further towards a future where smoking tobacco has become a thing of the past.