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Introduction Welcome to the first edition of what will be a bi-
annual news bulletin to inform and promote the work
being undertaken by Aberdeen Tobacco-free
Alliance, a multi-agency group formed to work
towards creating a tobacco free future.
In 2013 the Scottish Government launched its
tobacco control strategy – Creating a Tobacco-Free
Generation – A tobacco control strategy for
Scotland.
The main focus is to work towards achieving a
tobacco free generation by 2034, through a 5 year
plan for action across the key themes of, prevention,
protection, cessation and health inequalities.
The Strategy can be viewed and downloaded atthe
following link:-
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/03/3766
The plan requires action from all stakeholders,
the Scottish Government, Local Authorities, NHS
Scotland and the third sector, both individually
and in partnership. Most importantly, it requires
individuals, families and communities to share, and
contribute to, the vision of a tobacco-free
generation.
The current Aberdeen Tobacco-free Alliance was
established in 2012 and has recently undertaken a
review and developed a 3 year action plan to work
towards positively achieving a Tobacco Free
Aberdeen by 2034. Over the next 3 years, we aim to
work with all stakeholders, and most importantly with
communities and individuals including young people
who we believe are the key to achieving our vision.
The Alliance is harnessing and supporting the
work of individual partners and developing
collective action to:
create an environment where young people
choose not to smoke
protect people from second hand smoke
help people to quit smoking.
In this first bulletin, we are sharing information
on and highlighting some of the work that is
actively being undertaken by the partners
involved in tobacco control and have included
contact details of contributors to the bulletin
and the Alliance members.
If you would like to become involved in our
efforts and if you have any suggestions and
ideas to help the Alliance achieve this vision, we
would welcome your help and support.
And finally, if you would like to contribute an
article for inclusion in our next bulletin, planned
for March 2016, please do get in touch.
“Tobacco damages not only the whole person but also the whole planet” (The Tobacco Atlas, Fifth Edition, 2015, the American Cancer Society, Inc.)
Marlene Westland. Chair Aberdeen Tobacco-Free Alliance
Issue No 1
September 2015
Try our quiz within this newsletter to win a £25 voucher
NEWS FLASH We are delighted that David
Robertson from ASH Scotland
will attend the next Alliance
meeting on 10th December to
discuss how to take forward the
Charter in Aberdeen.
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CONTENTS PAGE
Introduction..........................................................................................................Page 1
Contents ..............................................................................................................Page 2
Children’s Charter..................................................................................................Page 3
Illegal Cigarettes & Confidentiality...........................................................................Page 4
e.cigarettes..........................................................................................................Page 5
Smoke Free NHS Sites...........................................................................................Page 6
Fire Service Safety Advice......................................................................................Page 6
Smoking Advice Service ........................................................................................Page 7
Raising the Issue of Smoking Training......................................................................Page 8
Protection from Second Hand Smoke .......................................................................Page 8
Quiz.....................................................................................................................Page 9
LTA Membership...................................................................................................Page 10
Future Plans & Developments ................................................................................Page 10
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Charter for a Tobacco-Free Generation
ASH Scotland has developed a new “Children’s Charter”.
Formally known as Scotland's Charter for a Tobacco-free Generation, its aim is to:
raise awareness to the Scottish Government’s tobacco control strategy and the goal of creating a tobacco-free generation of Scots by 2034;
support organisations whose work directly or indirectly impacts on young people and families;
inspire individuals to take action to reduce the harm caused by tobacco.
The Charter has six key principles that encourage and enable discussion within organisations to examine how their own policy and practice can best contribute to the tobacco-free goal:
1. Every baby should be born free from the harmful effects of tobacco 2. Children have a particular need for a smoke-free environment 3. All children should play, learn and socialise in places that are free from tobacco 4. Every child has the right to effective education that equips them to make informed positive choices on tobacco
and health 5. All young people should be protected from commercial interests which profit from recruiting new smokers 6. Any young person who smokes should be offered accessible support to help them become tobacco-free
This Charter, developed with support from Cancer Research UK, is for everyone in Scotland.
Please explore the Charter documents below and pledge your support by contacting the Charter Coordinator at [email protected]
Once you have registered your support we will tell you about our recognition scheme, ideas to help you fully support the Charter and ways of communicating with other signatories.
sign the charter pledge
read the charter brochure
examine the charter fact file
A number of organisations are founding signatories, including Asthma UK, Cancer Research UK, Children in Scotland, Children 1
st, British Lung Foundation, British Heart Foundation, Stroke Association, Aberlour Childcare Trust, and the
Scottish Cot Death Trust.
If we all work together on this, the children who are just going into nursery school now can be the first generation to grow up free from the harm caused by tobacco.
Pledge your support to scotland’s Charter
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ILLEGAL CIGARETTES – LATEST NEWS
Fake cigarettes cost street seller a packet
A local man found selling cartons of cigarettes in the street
has been fined a total of £720 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
The man was found in possession of cigarettes by officers
from Aberdeen City Council Trading Standards Service and
Police Scotland in October 2014. The cigarettes were sent
to the manufacturer who confirmed they were counterfeit.
The man pleaded guilty to a Trade Marks Act 1994 offence
of possession of the counterfeit cigarettes with a view to
their distribution for which he was fined £450. He also
admitted that he distributed tobacco when he was not
registered with the Scottish Government allowing him to do
so, an offence under the Tobacco and Primary Medical
Services (Scotland) Act 2010, which resulted in a fine of
£270.
Graeme Paton, manager of Trading Standards in Aberdeen,
said: “Part of the reason behind the introduction of the
registration requirement was to control the point of supply
of tobacco and criminalise sales on street corners where
the vast majority of the tobacco involved is either smuggled
or counterfeit, as was demonstrated in this case.
“There are several concerns about the sale of illegal
tobacco. Primarily, there is the cost to public health. The
price of tobacco is one of the most important factors
affecting consumption. Increasing the level of taxation on
cigarettes can reduce consumption because people, including
under 18 year olds, respond to the price increase by giving
up, cutting down or never starting. However, this policy is
undermined by illegal tobacco which is sold at reduced rates
on the black market.
“The sale of counterfeit goods, including tobacco, also
undermines legitimate business which in turn costs jobs.
There is also the loss in revenue to the UK Government
from the supply of illegal tobacco which according to the
HMRC is estimated to be around £2billion each year.”
CONFIDENTIALITY is guaranteed...
When calling Crimestoppers or the Council’s Tobacco
Line on 01224 522433 all calls are treated with
complete confidentiality.
The link below is from the Crimestoppers website
and gives details of what steps they take to
guarantee a caller’s anonymity.
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-
information/the-crimestoppers-guarantee/
You will be asked to leave information as a voice
mail and the only access anyone has is the content
of the voicemail ie there is no link to the phone
number that the call is made from.
The information that Trading Standards, the Police
or any other enforcement agency holds on an
intelligence database is totally sanitised. This means
that anyone reading the actual intelligence should
not be able to tell who supplied the information.
As an example, if you called and advised that you
were chatting to your next door neighbour and they
had told you that John Smith who lives down the
end of your road offered him duty free Marlboro on
Saturday night, this would appear on the intelligence
database as ‘Intelligence, dated 06/07/2015, only
and would not provide personal information ie the
name, address of the informant.
Graeme Paton, Trading Standards Officer
Anyone with information about illegal tobacco sellers can
contact Trading Standards on their confidential Tobacco
Action Line on 01224 522433 or email
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WHAT ARE E-CIGARETTES?
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered
devices that heat a liquid into a vapour, which is then
inhaled by the user. The liquid often contains nicotine and
flavours, mixed with a carrier liquid of propylene glycol or
glycerine.
E-cigarettes are not cigarettes and do not contain
tobacco. We do not know enough about their health
impacts but we believe they will prove to be much less
harmful than smoking tobacco, but may not be entirely
safe.
The earliest and simplest e-cigarettes look like tobacco
cigarettes but newer, more advanced models look
increasingly different.
E-cigarettes have the potential to help some smokers,
particularly older, long-term smokers, to quit. However,
there are also concerns that e-cigarette use and
advertising could help to make smoking behaviour seem
more normal for young people, and that using e-cigarettes
could help to create a new generation of nicotine addicts.
Using e-cigarettes could also mean some smokers will
maintain dual use with tobacco making quitting less
possible. We still do not know enough to be sure of the
impacts of electronic cigarettes in our society and
research is ongoing.
Whilst evidence is still accumulating, one of the main
worries about e-cigarettes is that if young people start
to use them it may lead to them trying something
stronger. Many e-cigarettes use flavourings and
sweeteners to make them more palatable than
conventional cigarettes and there are concerns that this
could create a new route for initiation into smoking for
young people.
The sale of electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine
delivery systems (ENDS) to under 18s is likely to be banned
in Scotland in the near future. This will likely include a ban
on proxy purchase, where an adult can make the purchase on
behalf of a young person. In the meantime most retailers
claim to operate a voluntary age restriction.
European legislation, expected to come into force in 2016,
will ban TV, radio and newspaper advertising of e-cigarettes,
along with most sport sponsorship. As things stand adverts
on bus shelters, shop windows, billboards and at point of sale
will still be legal.
This information can be found on ASH Scotland website.
ASH Scotland does not take a simplistic view either “for” or
“against” electronic cigarettes. Their interest is in
developing the conditions that will maximise the potential
positive health impacts of e-cigarettes and other new
nicotine delivery devices while minimising the risks they may
pose to young people. We need to consider how we can
regulate e-cigarettes in such a way as to minimise the
opportunities for commercial interests to recruit new
generations of customers.
Reasons for using an electronic cigarette
among current vapers (2015)
“There's a cloud-chasing meet and
I want to win. And no. Not the
clouds in the sky. So here's the set-
up. I want a sub-ohm rechargeable,
authentic mech mod so that I that
can crank up the power. And a
metal rebuildable atomizer. Drip
tip, of course, and then a wire coil
with a dual silica wick.
I know its old-fashioned but, you
know what? I've never liked the eco
wool. And steel mesh? I haven't seen
one of those for months now. That's
for cave men.
Nic level? Three milligrams. And,
let's go for organic kosher
shazamazam - it's a bit like the
grape candy you can get in Korea,
if you've ever had that.”
Any idea what this is about? That's vape
talk - the new vocabulary that surrounds
e-cigarettes or vapourisers. There's a
whole new subculture.
Any further information contact: Irene Fraser Tobacco Control Co-ordinator Tel: 846716 Email: [email protected]
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For further information contact: Hazel Dempsey, Senior Health Improvement Advisor Tel: 558614 Email: [email protected] or Irene Fraser, Tobacco Control Co-ordinator Tel: 846716 Email: [email protected]
VULNERABLE PEOPLE A vulnerable person is someone who may be at higher
risk of death or injury in a fire, quite often because of
mobility issues, age related illness or some other
physical or psychological reason.
As a family member, neighbour, friend or carer
(employed or voluntary) you can be a key contact to us.
With their agreement, you could notify us of an
elderly or vulnerable person who may need our services.
We can offer a detailed home fire safety visit and can
supply the following items if necessary:
• Fire retardant bedding packs
• Smoke alarms suitable for those with hearing and
visual problems
• Suitable ashtrays
Safety Advice Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service offer advice on
how to help improve
safety within your local
area.
For a Free Home Fire Safety Visit Call 0800 0731 999 or 01224 618342 if you want to discuss it with someone.
SMOKE-FREE NHS SITES
The Scottish Government in Scotland’s Tobacco Control
Strategy “Creating a Tobacco Free Generation” directed all
NHS Boards to implement and enforce smoke-free grounds
by End of March, 2015.
NHS Grampian reviewed their Tobacco Policy, and following
staff consultation, have and continue to provide
appropriate support to facilitate the implementation of the
policy. NHSG offer staff e-learning, providing guidance on
how to raise the issue, with site users, which will reduce
putting themselves at risk. NHSG is also offering Nicotine
Replacement Therapy (NRT) to in-patients so they can
either attempt to quit smoking or reduce their need to
leave the grounds to have a cigarette during their stay in
hospital.
So why is the NHS smoke-free?
Every NHS board in Scotland is now completely smoke-
free. Tobacco is the biggest cause of preventable death in
Scotland – contributing to more than 13,000 deaths a year.
NHSG have a duty of care to protect people’s health,
whether patient, visitor or staff. To do this NHSG need to
make sure their grounds are the healthiest environments
they can be , and therefore eliminate exposure to second-
hand smoke. This is why the time for smoking on NHS
grounds has drawn to a close.
Aberdeen City Tobacco Alliance would like to thank all
smokers who support this directive, for not lighting up
their cigarettes on the grounds and for dispensing of their
cigarette litter responsibly.
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NHS GRAMPIAN SMOKING ADVICE SERVICE
The Smoking Advice Service offers FREE, CONFIDENTIAL
and LOCAL support across Aberdeen tailored to smokers
needs. If suitable, smokers may receive Nicotine
Replacement Therapy (NRT) or stop smoking medications
Champix or Zyban FREE on prescription.
Whether you are a tobacco user or e-cigarette user the
service is happy to see you and give advice.
Smokers can also visit their local community pharmacy for
support; this is also a FREE service with access to NRT
available. Email [email protected].
For further information please contact:
Kevin Leslie, Smoking Advice Service Co-ordinator
Tel:558410 Email: [email protected]
WHAT’S IN A CIGARETTE? - MORE THAN 4000
CHEMICALS SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW!
SMOKING ADVICE SERVICE SESSIONS IN YOUR
COMMUNITY.
We are currently providing one hour sessions over 6 weeks in
a range of venues across Aberdeen. At these sessions, you
can get group support as well as one to one help and advice.
To join a session please call our freephone helpline on 0500
600 332 and speak to an advisor. If you want to quit, please
get in touch to join one of our community groups. You will be
made very welcome.
Day Advisor Session venue
Group
start
time
Mon Fiona
Leith
Seaton Community
Centre, Seaton Primary
School,(community
entrance) Seaton Place
East. Aberdeen AB24
1XE
11.15am
Mon Fiona
Leith
Woodside Med Practice
(patients only)
Mon Stuart
Robbie
Torry Neighbourhood
Centre, Oscar Road,
Aberdeen. AB11 8ER
10.45am
Tues Fiona
Leith
St Mark’s Church,
Rosemount Viaduct,
Aberdeen, AB25 1JY
11.45am
Tues Fiona
Leith
Alex Collie Sports
Centre, Garden Knowe,
Bridge of Don,
Aberdeen AB22 8PE
6.45pm
Tues Stuart
Robbie
Inchgarth Comm
Centre, Aboyne Place,
Garthdee. Aberdeen
AB10
6.45pm
Tues Stuart
Robbie
Cummings Park
Community Flat
2.15pm
Wed Stuart
Robbie
Kincorth Medical
Practice, Provost Watt
Drive, Aberdeen
AB12 5NA
0845 337 1170
10.45am
Thurs Stuart
Robbie
Woodend Hospital,
Library in Staff Home,
Eday Road, Aberdeen.
AB15 6XS
5.15pm
Thurs Alistair
Kerr
Dyce Dental Practice,
Asda Shopping Centre
6.45pm
Fri Stuart
Robbie
Mastrick Clinic,
Greenfern Road,
Aberdeen AB16 6TR
12.45pm
Mon –
Fri
Aimi
MacDonald
Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary
8.00am –
4.00pm
Mon
Tues
Wed
Rona
Hamilton
Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary
8.00am –
4.00pm
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Courses run on a monthly basis throughout Grampian Please contact Denise Kazmierczak Tel: 01224 558671 Email: [email protected] or Sheila Robertson Tel: 01224 558466 Email: [email protected]
Who is this training for? Prospective participants include anyone who is able
to raise the issue of smoking with individuals.
This includes a range of staff include health
professionals and support staff from secondary,
primary care services and workers from other
sectors and wider partner agencies. What will it cover? Participants will gain awareness of the purpose,
benefits and process of raising the issue of
smoking and delivering brief advice. It also covers
knowledge on tobacco, smoking and health,
communication skills and how to refer people to
local stop-smoking services for support.
How long will it take? This is a short, easily accessible course. The e-
learning component takes around 1 hour to complete
at your own computer. You will then attend a 3-
hour participatory session.
RAISING THE ISSUE OF SMOKING
TRAINING is available across Grampian. This
free half day course combines e-learning with
face-to-face training and is suitable for anyone
who is able to raise the issue of smoking with
individuals. Participants will gain knowledge of
tobacco, smoking and health, communication skills
and how to refer people to local stop-smoking
services for support.
Other smoking and tobacco course are available
and can be tailored to your needs.
PROTECTION FROM SECOND-HAND SMOKE Through the LTA we have access to 2 Air Quality
Monitors provided by the REFRESH project at
Aberdeen University. These machines are being used
as part of a larger research project to look at second
hand smoke within the home and are a great way to
engage with families to enable discussions around their
smoking habits. They are very simple to use and only
require be plugging in and left for 7 days maximum.
The monitor is then collected and the data is analysed
with the results fed back to the family in a way that is
very simple and easy to understand.
If anyone would like to access these monitors or to learn more about them please contact Carole-Ann Duff Health Improvement Practitioner Tel: 558673 Email: [email protected]
“AFC Community Trust exists to change lives for the
better, and has a strand of activity targeted at supporting Health & Wellbeing. A smoke-free society will produce significant health benefits to smokers and non-smokers, and AFCCT is fully supportive of the work undertaken by the Aberdeen Tobacco-free Alliance.”
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Tobacco Quiz You could win a £25 voucher.
1. What percentage of tobacco smoke is invisible?
.......................................................................
2. What year was tobacco introduced to the United
Kingdom? ....................................................
3. Tobacco is a risk factor in how many of the eight
leading causes of death in the world?
......................................................................
4. Is it completely legal for minors to smoke
cigarettes? ......................................................
5. Who led the first public health anti-smoking
campaign in modern history?
………………………………………………
6. How many people estimated, in the world, die
every minute due to tobacco related disease?
..........................................................................
7. What day of the week are tobacco addicts most
likely to consider quitting smoking?
...........................................................................
8. In July 2016 a family of 2 adults and 2 children
could have a 14 day holiday in Turkey for £1466. If
both parents decide to quit their 15 cigarettes a day
habit - so 30 cigarettes a day between them - how
long will they take to save the money for this
holiday if they save the money they spend on their
habit? (average price per pack of 20 cigarettes is
£8.50) Answer accepted in days or weeks and days
.....……………………………………….................
9. How many chemicals are there in tobacco smoke?
……………………………………………………....
10. What type of drug is nicotine?
............................................................................
11. Which nationality are more than half of the
worlds’ smokers?
...................................................................
12. When were television advertisements for
cigarettes taken off the air in Great Britain?
.........................................................................
13. What is the botanical name of the tobacco plant?
………………………………………………
14. How many cigarettes worldwide are smoked every
day? ............................................................
15. What ingredient in mothballs is also found in
cigarettes? ............................................................
Please send entries by 10th
December 2015
to Anna Britain: [email protected]
NOTE: Correct entries will be entered into a
draw for the prize.
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For further details or if you have information you wish included in the next edition please contact:
Anna Britain Administrator, Aberdeen Public Health Team Summerfield House 2 Eday Road Aberdeen AB15 6RE 01224 558716 [email protected]
LTA Membership 2015/16 Marlene Westland, Senior Health Improvement Officer, NHSG - CHAIR
Kevin Wallace, Chief Inspector, Grampian Police
Mag Campbell, Health Improvement Officer - Neighbourhoods, NHSG
Carole-Ann Duff, Health Improvement Practitioner - Tobacco, NHSG
tbc, Children’s Services, ACC
Craig Singer, Development Manager, Education & Childrens Services - ACC
Irene Fraser, Health Improvement Officer - Tobacco, NHSG
Keith Grassick, Tobacco Development & Support Officer, Aberdeen Foyer
Maggie Hepburn, Integrated Children’s Services Liaison Officer, ACVO
Kevin Kelly, Policy Development Officer, Housing - ACC
Kevin Leslie, Smoking Advice Service Co-ordinator - NHSG
Val Maehle, Dean of Health & Social Care Faculty - RGU
Leona McDairmid, Executive Director, Business & Commercial Development - Aberdeen Foyer
Jenny Oelman, Senior Development Manager - Sport Aberdeen
Maria Nika, Smoking Cessation Specialist – Mental Health Services - NHSG
Graeme Paton, Principal Trading Standards Officer - ACC
Ally Prockter, CEO AFC Community Trust
tbc, Department of Work & Pensions
Craig Shand, Fire & Rescue Service
Ann Smith, Lead Pharmacist - NHSG
Dave Black - GREC
Piotr Teodorowski, Chair, Youth Council
FUTURE PLANNED ACTIVITES & DEVELOPMENTS
The intention is to hold a young people led
event later in the year and consultation
has begun regarding this.
A working group to take this forward will
comprise of partners, public and young
person representative.
Advice guidance & Wellbeing
