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Smoking Kills ten years on: what’s changed and what hasn’t?
Linda Bauld, Reader in Social Policy, University of Bath and UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies
Abstract
The publication of the white paper Smoking Kills in 1998 marked the beginning of a comprehensive approach to tobacco control in the UK. Since then, much progress has been made in implementing the policies set out in Smoking Kills, including the establishment of NHS stop smoking services. This workshop will reflect on the achievements of the last ten years from the perspective of practitioners and researchers who have been active in the field during this period. With a particular focus on the stop smoking services, it will explore how far we have come and what more needs to be done to achieve the goals and aims of tobacco control in the future.
Contributors to the workshop include: Linda Bauld (University of Bath and UKCTCS), Louise Ross (Leicester Stop Smoking Service), Chris Owens (Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation), Gay Sutherland (Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust), Paul Hooper (West Midlands RTPM) and Martin Dockrell (ASH).
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About the presenter
Linda Bauld is a Reader in Social Policy at the University of Bath. Her research focuses on the evaluation of public health policies, in particular tobacco control policies. She conducted the first study of NHS stop smoking services when they were established in Health Action Zones in 1999 and since then has continued to explore the effectiveness of these services through research funded by the Department of Health, NICE, ASH Scotland, Cancer Research UK and others. In addition to her research she teaches social policy to undergraduates and postgraduates and is active in tobacco control networks. She is a member of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, is vice-chair of Cancer Research UK’s tobacco advisory group and serves as the Department of Health’s scientific adviser on tobacco control.
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