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Smoke Free Wiltshire Alliance
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Purpose/Vision
‘Every man, woman and child knowing that environmental tobacco smoke is “not just annoying – it’s dangerous”. Smoke free is the only option for health’.
Funding
The Alliance has received funding over a three year period (October 2003 to 2006) from the Government Office of the South West of £15,000 annually; and further funding of £7,250 in November 2006.
Background
‘Choosing Health – making healthy choices easier’ – the Public Health White Paper published in November 2004 –included the aims to ban smoking in all enclosed public places and workplaces (except those specifically exempted) by 2008. However, following a review, the changes in legislation with effect from 1 July 2007 requires all public enclosed places and all workplaces to be smoke free.
Objectives
- to provide a countywide focus for the ‘It’s not just annoying – it’s dangerous’ project in order to:
- promote the Wiltshire Smoke Free Award
- facilitate an increase in the number of smoke free work places, and
- support children and young people both not starting smoking as well as helping them quit
- help promote local NHS smoking cessation services
- to develop a countywide plan to support the implementation of smoking bans
- to raise awareness of the harmful effects of smoking, and services available to support quitting smoking through:
- Leaflet campaigns
- Local media
- The development of exemplar organisations
- The further development of healthy schools
- to provide support to organisations aspiring to ‘exemplar’ status through the use of the Achieving Smoke Freedom Toolkit (ASH / CIEH) or other templates deemed appropriate.
- to strengthen the knowledge of, and access to, current expertise in tobacco controls through:
- Environmental Health Officers
- Health Promotion Specialists
- Smoking Cessation Advisors
- to secure the engagement of public sector organisations to reduce smoking in the workplace – now focussing on total site bans
- to utilise smoking survey results for Wiltshire in targeted interventions with 11 to 15 year old young people in order to:
- Prevent starting smoking
- Assist stopping smoking
- to agree and then monitor targets for reducing the number of public sector employees and the number of 15 year olds who smoke.
Reporting
The Alliance will report to the Healthier Wiltshire Steering Group.
An annual progress report is submitted to the Government Office of the South West.
Current news
Contact Details
By Post
Project Manager
Healthier Wiltshire
Room 241B
2nd Floor, County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8LE
By Email
By Telephone
01225 757520
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
