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Following consideration of the officer report,
appendices and discussion, the Executive resolved to note and
endorse the recommendations in the report and agree its
publication:
 

1.   
Strong leadership across many organisations will be needed. The
Somerset Board and constituent organisations commitment to a
refreshed Local Declaration on Tobacco Control, (including
commitment to not work with tobacco companies). 

2.   
Support to Trading Standards to enforce the new tobacco and vaping
legislation. 

3.   
Support local workplaces to develop smoke-free policies that adhere
to smokefree legislation, public sector organisations in Somerset
should be exemplar employers. 

4.   
Launch new, fresh communication and training campaigns that take
a compassionate approach to smoking, supporting front line
workers and members of our communities to have non-judgmental
Very Brief Advice conversations about stopping smoking at
every opportunity with signposting to support that meets their
needs. 

5.   
Strong engagement with people in Somerset to develop a new
Somerset-wide action plan which develops services to meet the needs
of people to stop smoking and protects people from second-hand
smoke and smoking-related behaviour. 

6.   
Focus our support towards groups with the highest rates of smoking,
use behavioural insight research to understand what will work
best to help them to stop smoking as well as to create more
supportive environment. 

7.   
Support schools, hospitals and care infrastructure to embed clear
policies for smoking and vaping. 

8.   
Stop smoking services should be further developed at hospital sites
so 100% of patients are asked if they smoke and offered support to
stop. 

9.   
100% of pregnant women and partners should be screened using
carbon monoxide monitors at booking and throughout pregnancy,
and provided with appropriate support. 

10.To hit the target of
smokefree by 2030, there needs to be strong measurement of progress
against the target of 45,000. A collection of performance measures
needs to be agreed with constant monitoring; as many measures as
possible need to be ‘real time’ with little time
lag.