SMOKING

Cigarette smoking is the world’s leading cause of preventable poor health and premature death. In Scotland tobacco use is associated with over 13,000 deaths (around a quarter of all deaths) and around 56,000 hospital admissions every year.

In 2013, the Scottish Government’s 5 year tobacco control strategy, Creating a Tobacco-Free Generation, set a target to reduce smoking prevalence in Scotland to 5% or less by 2034. The Strategy sets out a range of measures to support young people to choose not to smoke, to protect people from second hand smoke and continue to support those who do smoke to quit. In March 2006 legislation prohibited smoking in public places, raised the age of sale for tobacco from 16-18 in 2007, implemented a ban on self-service sales from vending machines in 2013 and display ban in shops from 2013.

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