Achieving Smoke-free Mental Health Services in Scotland

The motion

That the Parliament believes that action should be taken to bring NHS mental health facilities into line with other NHS premises concerning smoking in the grounds; believes that the no smoking policy on NHS premises sends out a positive lifestyle message and helps protect patients, staff and visitors from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke; agrees that mental health facilities should also adopt such a policy, considering that they are currently exempt from doing so; notes with concern that smoking rates are higher among people with mental health issues in comparison with the general population; acknowledges that people with mental health issues are more likely to smoke heavily, and recognises that recent trials have proven that such policies have been introduced successfully with little or no negative impact and that fears over patient behaviour and increased aggression were not justified.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 5 Lab 2 Green 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-06540 by reference.