Delivery of health education and promotion activities through Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) includes mass media advertising - for example the successful Blue sticks and Stinx campaigns and Smokeline.We have also made NRT and Zyban available on prescription and targeted a proportion of the Health Improvement Fund to enable a stepping up of smoking cessation and prevention activities.1 August 2001 onwardsThe Executive will continue to provide funding support for smoking cessation services and to HEBS for health education and promotion activities.