Smoking

Sign up for updates to this topic page

On this page

Guidance and regulation

1. Health matters: life course approach to prevention
   • Guidance
   • 23 May 2019
   • Public Health England
2. Use of e-cigarettes in public places and workplaces
   • Guidance
   • 6 July 2016
   • Public Health England
3. Tobacco products and e-cigarette cross-border sales registration
   • Guidance
   • 22 May 2019
   • Public Health England
4. Tobacco and alcohol: commissioning for quality and innovation
   • Guidance
   • 12 March 2019
   • Public Health England
5. Packaging of tobacco products
   • Guidance
   • 24 June 2016
   • Department of Health and Social Care

See more guidance and regulation in this topic

News and communications

31 May 2019 — Press release

PHE calls on all NHS trusts to ban smoking on hospital grounds

Public Health England

1. Regular e-cigarette use remains low among young people in Britain
   • 27 February 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Press release
2. PHE Health Harms campaign encourages smokers to quit
   • 28 December 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Press release
3. One person quits smoking every 80 seconds in England
   • 20 September 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Press release
4. Prevention must be the heart of the NHS long-term plan
   • 6 September 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Press release

See more news and communications in this topic

Research and statistics

1. Local tobacco control profiles for England: March 2019 update
   • 5 March 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Official statistics
2. Vaping in England: an evidence update February 2019
   • 27 February 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Research
3. Smoking prevalence in young adults aged 18 to 34 years
   • 31 January 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Research
4. Public Health NI - Fact Sheet 2018
   • 6 December 2018
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
5. Local tobacco control profiles for England: December 2018 update
   • 4 December 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Official statistics

See more research and statistics in this topic

Policy papers and consultations

1. Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
   • 21 February 2019
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 22 October 2018
2. Empowering staff to make informed wellbeing choices
   • 31 January 2019
   • Public Health England
   • Case study
3. Smoke-free implementation in the Sheffield NHS trust
   • 18 December 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Case study
4. Government response to the Science and Technology Select Committee's report on e-cigarettes
   • 10 December 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • Policy paper
5. Essex County Council delivers stop smoking support via vape shops
   • 25 September 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Case study

See more policy papers and consultations in this topic

Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Stop smoking advertisement: December 2012
   • 20 January 2014
   • Public Health England
   • Foi release

See more transparency and freedom of information releases in this topic

Organisations

1. Public Health England
2. Department of Health & Social Care
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. HM Revenue & Customs
5. HM Treasury

Show more organisations

1. Ministry of Defence