Recommendations

The Southwark Tobacco Control Alliance, through Environmental Health and Trading Standards, should provide advice and support to the managers of enclosed workplaces and public places (including pubs, clubs, restaurants, cafes, betting shops, etc) on preparing for the enforcement of new smoke-free legislation next year.
Young Southwark (the Children & Young People’s Partnership), through its Healthy Schools Programme, should work closely with school heads and governors to promote more effective education and other interventions to reduce the uptake of smoking by young people.
GP practices, dental practices, pharmacists, optometrists, midwifery staff, social care staff and others should more actively encourage patients/clients who are smokers to use the support provided by the NHS Southwark Stop Smoking Service. Those with co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic lung diseases, or gum disease, and pregnant women, should be especially targeted. This approach should be firmly incorporated into clinical protocols and be subjected to routine quality assurance.
The Southwark Tobacco Control Alliance should encourage the uptake of smoking cessation services amongst hard-to-reach groups through more effective use of social marketing. This approach should be focused on particular communities with higher smoking rates such as those living in deprived areas certain ethnic groups. The large population of students attending colleges in Southwark should also be targeted.

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