Webinar: Revisiting smokefree mental health and vaping: exploring the challenges and opportunities in mental health in-patient settings

The National Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Directors Forum recently hosted a webinar ‘Revisiting smokefree mental health and vaping: exploring the challenges and opportunities in mental health in-patient settings.’

The webinar covered:

• Findings from the ASH survey of smokefree policies and tobacco dependence treatment services in NHS mental health trusts in England
• Overview of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill & The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
• Disposable vape ban: challenges and opportunities for mental health Trusts
• Vending machine ban: challenges and opportunities for mental health Trusts
• Disposal of vaping devices

Speakers included:

• Chair's welcome and introduction, Seamus Watson, National Improvement Director, NHSE
• John Waldron, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, ASH
• Dr Debbie Robson, Senior Lecturer in Tobacco Harm Reduction, King's College London
• Ogechi Anokwuru, Trust Tobacco dependency Lead, East London NHS Foundation Trust
• Nathan Lowrey, GAP Group UK

Further resources:

• GAP, Vape Recycling
• ELFT, Case Study
• KCL, Overview & disentangling new legislation - what's on the horizon?
• ASH, Findings from the ASH survey of smokefree policies and tobacco treatment services