Smoking in enclosed public places will be banned in Scotland under legislation to be launched before Christmas, the First Minister says. Jack McConnell told the Scottish Parliament the legislation ...

The Scottish Deputy Health Minister has launched a blueprint designed to reduce smoking in Scotland. The strategy, entitled ‘A breath of fresh air for Scotland’, is the first time that Scotland has a ...

However, smoking rates have declined steadily over the past 20 years. For men in Scotland in 2021, 12% identified as smokers which compares favourably to other European countries. For women the ...

Observed trends in smoking prevalence by SIMD quintile from the Scottish Health Survey for 2008–2019, with 95% Confidence ...

With a view to deterring youngsters from smoking, the Doctors' representative body BMA Scotland has urged the government to raise the legal age to smoke from the present 16 to 18 With a view to ...

People in West Lothian who have successfully given up smoking in the last couple of years are being encouraged by a campaigning health charity to share their stories about how they managed to quit.

Ahead of No Smoking Day, which takes place on March 12, health charity ASH Scotland is urging residents to reveal what motivated their quit smoking attempts - and if they gave up through sheer ...

Ahead of No Smoking Day which takes place on 12 March, ASH Scotland is urging West Lothian residents who have stopped using tobacco to share what motivated their quit smoking attempts and if they ...