World No Tobacco Day
- Submitted by: John Mason, Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2021
- Motion reference: S6M-00202
That the Parliament notes that 31 May 2021 saw the World Health Organization launch a year-long campaign for World No Tobacco Day, urging smokers across the globe to "commit to quit" by pledging to become tobacco free; acknowledges that the campaign aims to empower 100 million tobacco users globally to make a quit attempt; notes that, even though smoking rates continue to fall, smoking remains the biggest single preventable cause of ill-health and premature death in Scotland for people aged over 35, and reminds individuals that are thinking about stopping smoking that the free Quit Your Way service is available.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Maggie Chapman, Jackie Dunbar, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Martin, Paul McLennan, Audrey Nicoll, Paul Sweeney, Elena Whitham