10 November 2021
The target of the Welsh Government's long term tobacco control strategy, is a smoke-free Wales by 2030, or less than 5% of the population smoking. The RCPCH welcomes this announcement.
This consultation for the long term tobacco control strategy, A Smoke-free Wales will be open until 31 January 2022. Responding to its launch, Dr David Tuthill, Officer for Wales at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health, said:
Smoking is detrimental to the health of young people throughout their lives, from higher rates of cot death to unnecessary hospital admissions for chest problems. In our flagship report, State of Child Health 2020, we called on the Welsh Government to set targets for a smoke-free generation by 2030 so this announcement is extremely welcome news. The real work starts now to make sure this ambition is realised and the RCPCH looks forward to responding to the consultation.