Mental Health and Smoking Partnership recommendations for the Tobacco Control Plan for England 2021

This report from the Mental Health & Smoking Partnership sets out the action needed to achieve the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambition for people with mental health conditions. This includes:

• Setting intermediate targets to reduce smoking prevalence among people with mental health conditions

• Expanding access to stop smoking medications and other aids to quitting
• Improving support in community and inpatient mental health settings
• Supporting smokers who access IAPT services to quit smoking
  Implementing a targeted approach to addressing smoking among vulnerable people with co-occurring high rates of smoking and poor mental health, such as smokers who misuse drugs or alcohol
• Reaching all smokers with messages that quitting can improve their mental health