Bolton Primary Care Trust

‘Open Wide Project’

In partnership with Bolton Community network, NHS Bolton has trained community engagement workers to deliver workshops in South Asian communities about the dangers of chewing tobacco and shisha pipe smoking. For more information, email louise@boltoncvs.org.uk

Illicit tobacco

Partners from the NHS, the Council and HMRC are working together to tackle the supply of illicit tobacco in Bolton. If you have any information about the selling of illegal tobacco products, email trading.standards@bolton.gov.uk or ring 01204 336586. Recent work has included law enforcement against illegal tobacco sales and fake cigarettes. (Click for recent news stories)

Children’s and Young People’s Education Programmes 

The Tobacco Alliance are working together to education young people across Bolton about the dangers of starting smoking through our healthy schools programme and other educational initiatives. For tobacco education in schools, email matthew.bowman@bolton.nhs.uk

Tobacco Action Plan and Strategy

The alliance is working together to come up with an action plan and long term strategy for tobacco control to keep bringing down the smoking prevalence rate in Bolton.  For more information about a tobacco control strategy for Bolton, email liz.wigg@bolton.nhs.uk

Smokefree Homes

Bolton Stop Smoking Service