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Now available: Final Review of NI Tobacco Control Strategy and reports on mental health and smoking, second-hand smoke exposure, and stakeholder engagement

Institute of Public Health

Today the Department of Health in Northern Ireland published a final review of the 10-year Tobacco Control Strategy (2012-2022). He also signalled that work would commence on a successor strategy, which will be co-produced with stakeholders and will seek to address remaining and new, emerging challenges.

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IPH marks 25 years of shaping public health policy

Institute of Public Health

IPH Chief Executive Suzanne Costello said that while significant progress was made in key public health policy areas, such as tobacco control, since 1998, both jurisdictions continue to face shared public health challenges that could benefit from enhanced North-South cooperation.

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#WNTD Blog: Tobacco and Mental Health - Untangling the relationship and identifying opportunities to progress policy

Institute of Public Health

Dr Ciara Reynolds and Dr Joanna Purdy pictured at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health Smoking and mental health Later this year the Institute of Public Health plans to publish a new report on the relationship between mental ill-health and tobacco use in Northern Ireland.