Council Signs Tobacco Declaration to Safeguard Public
Bath & North East Somerset Council is one of the first local authorities in the South West to publicly declare its intention to protect residents’ health from the risks associated with smoking tobacco.
At a Full Council meeting on 12th September, Members supported the motion from Cllr Simon Allen to sign up to the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control.
The Declaration includes a number of specific commitments including reducing the number of people smoking, working with local communities to develop plans and protecting tobacco control work from the commercial and vested interests of the tobacco industry.
Cllr Simon Allen (Lib-Dem, Radstock), Cabinet Member for Wellbeing and Chair of the Bath and North East Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board, said: “Smoking is still the biggest cause of premature death and disease locally, with 300 people dying prematurely in Bath and North East Somerset each year due to smoking related diseases.
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