Smokefree North West and its partner organisations are working together towards a tobacco-free future for everyone in the North West.
In this section, you can read the latest news and views from Smokefree North West and find details of events.
Updates from our partner organisations showcase initiatives from across the region. You can learn more about smokefree issues in the national news section or by watching our videos and webcasts.
Smokefree laws are now so popular in the region – even smokers think they’re a good idea.
Smokers in the North West have backed the change which has seen public places go smokefree; three years after the original legislation came in.
In a survey of North West residents released this week, 82 per cent supported the 2007 law, where shops, offices, pubs, factories, restaurants, membership clubs and work vehicles became smokefree.
Notably – 66 per cent of those who smoked also (more…)
An innovative short film made in the North West highlighting the negative practices of the tobacco industry, Tobacco Related Deaths (TRD), has won an award for cinema commercial of the year at the coveted Roses Advertising Awards 2010 and is the first Roses Award for Manchester-based design agency Vivid.
TRD, which was commissioned by North West wellbeing and health campaign group Our Life and Smokefree North West, was one of three films designed to target 14-18 year olds – the audience that the tobacco industry traditionally recruits as new smokers to replace customers that have quit or died through their habit.
Pet-owners who smoke in the North West are being warned about how second hand smoke could leave their pooch in very poor health.
As many as 750,000 household pets in the region could be at risk* from illnesses like asthma, respiratory infections or even death due to inhaling their owners’ second hand smoke, warns Smokefree North West.
The North West has some of the highest smoking rates in the country and 44 per cent of its homes have a pet – mostly a dog, cat or bird.
Now Smokefree North West and the British Veterinary Association are asking smokers to consider the health of their fury friends in the run up to National Pet Month in April.
Andrea Crossfield, Director of Smokefree North West, said (more…)
Mums across the North West are being encouraged to quit smoking in an ad campaign highlighting the dangers of smoking during pregnancy — babies born to mothers who smoke are around 40% more likely to be stillborn or to die within the first four weeks of life.
The ‘My Little Baby’ campaign was launched in March of this year and due to its success the ads will be shown again on Baby TV, in Children Centres and GP surgeries throughout the region. The ‘My Little Baby’ ad offers pregnant women a text service and helpline number that provides the support and guidance they need to quit.
Currently one in five women in the North West (more…)
Local smoking profiles for North West England are available from the North West Public Health Observatory at www.nwph.info/sam.
The smoking profile tool allows users to compare morbidity and mortality rates across the region by local authority and by primary care trust and to view trend data. The data is also available for download.
