LoginOpinion: Bad habits, good intentions
The push to stub out smoking is encouraging, but will require more enforcement resources
Posted 24 January 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Legal and Policy|National
OPINION: Ambitious tobacco control proposals promise long-term public health benefits, but achieving a smoke-free generation will depend on sustained commitment, effective enforcement and lasting behavioural change.
Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a strategy to create a smoke-free generation has cross-party support. The Chief Medical Officer has welcomed the plan to raise the legal age of smoking every year by a year so that eventually no-one can buy tobacco.
Public Health colleagues across the country have welcomed the consultation to make vapes less attractive and accessible to children while en...
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