Who we are
The Partnership is a coalition of Royal Colleges, third sector organisations and academia who meet regularly to review progress and highlight areas for further action. It is jointly chaired by Professor Ann McNeill, Professor of Tobacco Addiction at the National Addictions Centre, King’s College London, and Mark Rowland, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation.
The case for action
Smoking prevalence among people with a mental health condition is more than 50% higher than in the general population and accounts for two-thirds of the difference in life expectancy in people with a serious mental illness.
Partnership member organisations
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Association of Directors of Public Health
- Association of Mental Health Providers
- Breathe
- Cancer Research UK
- Centre for Mental Health
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
- College of Mental Health Pharmacy
- Fresh
- Groundswell
- HNY Centre for Excellence in Tobacco Control
- King's College London
- Mental Health Foundation
- Mental Health Nurses Association
- Mental Health UK
- Mind
- National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
- Primary Care Respiratory Society
- Rethink Mental Illness
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- SPECTRUM Consortium
- Turning Point
- University of York: Department of Health Sciences