by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News
The Government Department of Health have announced a new law on smoking and driving which will come into place on the 1st of October 2015. From the beginning of next month, it will be illegal to smoke in a car (or any other vehicle) with anyone under 18 in the...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
The Royal Society for Health have called for the smoking ban to be extended to beer gardens, outdoor areas of restaurants, parks and outside of school gates. According to an article from the BBC, the society want to make smoking appear to be less ‘normal’...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
Merely a decade ago, nearly half of UK pupils had tried smoking at least once in their lives. However, according to a recent article from the BBC, Health and Social Care Information Centre data reveals that more pupils are now trying e-cigarettes (also known as...
by Ruth Crocker | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog, Perpetuity Training, Research
Perpetuity is currently conducting an evaluation of work undertaken in one local area, to support Looked After Children living in residential care homes, to stop smoking. Care home staff face a number of difficulties in enforcing no smoking rules to provide smoke-free...
by Ruth Crocker | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog, News
Today is national No Smoking Day and www.wequit.co.uk offer a range of resources to support smokers to quit. Perpetuity has a particular interest in smoking prevention and cessation initiatives – as part of our Healthy Communities research strand – we have...