Tobacco: Health Education
(asked on 11th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on tobacco prevention education in the UK in 2016.
This question was answered on 18th September 2017
In 2016 Public Health England spent £33,700 on tobacco prevention education as part of its Rise Above online marketing campaign. The campaign aims to prevent or delay the uptake by 11-16 year-olds of risky behaviours including smoking, drinking alcohol, drugs and sexual relationships.
Some local authorities use funding from the public health grant to undertake smoking prevention and education activities in their communities.