Wanted: your views on the impact of the display ban and other anti-smoking laws
The government is currently inviting responses to a consultation on 'The impact of tobacco laws introduced between 2010 and 2016'.
Those laws are:
- The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) (England) Regulations 2010
- The Tobacco and Advertising (Specialist Tobacconists) (England) Regulations 2010
- The Tobacco and Advertising (Display of Prices) (England) Regulations 2010
- The Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015
- The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015
Questions include:
- Do you think the display ban of tobacco in small and large shops has helped to reduce the number of children and young people smoking?
- Do you think the tobacco display ban has encouraged and supported adult smokers to quit?
- Is the display ban an effective way to protect children and young people from taking up smoking and supporting those who wish to quit?
- Have the Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations helped prevent people from smoking in vehicles with children?
- Do you believe prohibiting smoking in private vehicles is an effective way to protect children and young people from harms of tobacco and second-hand smoke?
- Do you think the Nicotine Inhaling Products Regulations have helped prevent the sale of nicotine inhaling products, including e-cigarettes, to under 18s?
- Has anyone else benefited from the age restriction and proxy (when an adult buys a product on behalf of a minor) purchasing ban on nicotine inhaling products?
The format is pretty simple. For example:
Do you think the tobacco display ban has encouraged and supported adult smokers to quit?
Yes, I think it has
No, I don’t think it has
I don’t know if it has or has not
I appreciate most of you will be pretty cynical about the outcome of any tobacco-related ‘consultation’, and with good reason. Nevertheless, we would welcome your participation.
To complete the online survey click here. Closing date is 15th September 2019.
Thank you!