Purpose

The report will outline plans to spend up to a
maximum of £2,547,480 on smoking prevention and cessation
programmes and services.

The plans are in light of recent government announcements to create
a Smokefree Generation and make smoking obsolete by 2050. Isle of
Wight Council will be allocated an additional £169,296 per
year from 06 April 2024 to expand current efforts to reduce smoking
rates.

Content

Cabinet approves the spend of up to a maximum
amount of £2,547,480 on procuring a new smoking cessation and
prevention service over a period of seven years.
 
Cabinet approves for the Leader of the
Council, Chief Executive, and Director of Public Health to sign the
Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control.