Local Toolkit

This page brings together key resources and guidance to support professionals working in local tobacco control. It should provide a good starting point for getting up to speed with the current landscape, the rationale for focusing on tobacco control and action to prioritise locally.

Statistics on the impact and cost of smoking available on local authority, combined authority, constituency, regional, ICB and national footprints.

The following excel tool gathers regional public opinion on key issues in tobacco control and support for new measures.

The Declaration is a statement of a council’s commitment to ensure tobacco control is part of mainstream public health work and commits councils to taking comprehensive action to address the harm from smoking.

ASH has developed a series of resources designed to assist areas aiming to collaborate on tobacco control at a supra-local level.