Tackling cheap illegal tobacco roadshow comes to Bath
The campaign to tackle cheap illegal tobacco across the South West is coming to Bath, on July 12.
Illegal tobacco is known to make it easier for children to start smoking, because it is sold at pocket money prices, meaning that young people could start smoking. Illegal tobacco is also known to make communities more attractive to criminals. This is why Bath & North East Somerset Council is working with Smokefree South West on a campaign to increase awareness about illegal tobacco among the general public, encouraging fewer people to buy it and more people to report it. Trained staff will be talking to the public at Sainsbury’s car park in Green Park, Bath, on July 12 to highlight the dangers of illegal tobacco. They will be joined by Cllr David Dixon and trading standards officers. Cllr David Dixon (Lib Dem, Oldfield), Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “Smoking is a serious public health issue and cheap illegal tobacco just makes it even harder to keep our children away from harm. That is why Bath & North East Somerset Council’s public health and trading standards teams are working together to help tackle the problem.
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