Moving Toward a Smoke-free Ayrshire and Arran

The motion

That the Parliament supports the publication of the draft Ayrshire and Arran Tobacco Control Strategy 2012 - 2021, Moving Towards a Smoke Free Ayrshire and Arran, which proposes a 10-year model to tackle the significant challenges associated with smoking that are faced by people in Ayrshire and Arran; believes that these include high levels of smoking in deprived areas and among young people and an increase in the use of illicit tobacco; notes the strategy's priorities of prevention, protection and cessation; understands that the strategy aims to meet these priorities by developing education-based programmes targeted at young people, adherence to legislation such as age restrictions, the enforcement of stringent restrictions to tackle the supply of illicit tobacco and the provision of support to vulnerable groups, including pregnant women and people living in deprived areas; notes what it considers are the effective tobacco control services in Ayrshire and Arran that are currently established; further notes the development of the cessation and prevention service, Fresh Airshire, and the campaign, Smoke Free Cars and Homes; believes that public feedback is important to the strategy; notes the comments of Dr Carol Davidson, NHS Ayrshire and Arran's Executive Director of Public Health, who stated that, “we want to ensure that this strategy and action plan will meet the needs of local people”, and wishes the strategy great success in addressing the effects of smoking in Ayrshire and Arran.

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 18 Lab 2 Ind 1

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