Massive fall in children’s exposure to deadly second-hand smoke in their own home since 2012 as a range of SNP policies begin to bite

By Professor John Robertson, OBA

From The Scottish Health Survey 2023 – volume 1: main report, published today, the above graph reveals a marked fall in the percentage of children exposed to second-hand smoke in their own homes.1

In 2016,  the SNP Government, made it illegal to smoke in a vehicle carrying anyone under 18.2

In 2022, the SNP Government made it an offence to smoke with in 15 meters of an NHS hospital building.3

In 2022, only 15% of Scots smoked compare to 28% in 2003.4

The above and other initiatives over the last 17 years will have contributed to this fall in exposure in the home as smoking becomes a minority and unfashionable practice.

Sources:

  1. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-health-survey-2023-volume-1-main-report/pages/13/
  2. https://www.gov.scot/news/smoking-in-cars-with-children/
  3. https://ashscotland.org.uk/learn/the-law-on-smoking/#:~:text=Smoke%2Dfree%20perimeter%20legislation%20was,of%20an%20NHS%20hospital%20building.
  4. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-health-survey-2021-volume-1-main-report/pages/12/#:~:text=2021%2C%20by%20sex-,7.2.,years%20or%20older%20(2%25).

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2 thoughts on “Massive fall in children’s exposure to deadly second-hand smoke in their own home since 2012 as a range of SNP policies begin to bite”

  1. Ah but ….. whit aboot the profits fur ra sherrholders? If people urnae smoking the profits will go doon.

    See you, yer pure heartless.

    Alasdair Macdonald

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  2. Do these figures include vaping?

    I’m asking because there’s been a slight rise in 2021-23 and was wondering what caused the upturn. Statistically insignificant? Better/different reporting? Change in habits?

    It’s still impressive though…

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