Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control

Overview

The Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control is a departmental working group chaired by Joe Fitzpatrick, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing.

Its remit is to:

• provide expert advice to the Scottish Government on tobacco control acting as a forum for the development of policy to reduce the impact of tobacco on Scotland’s health
• monitor and support the implementation of national policies, legislative controls and related national strategies / action plans
• provide a forum for the dissemination of best practice

Sub-groups

The group has two sub-groups to concentrate on specific categories of work:

• Research and Evaluation Sub-Group
• Prevention Sub-Group

Minutes

Minutes from the group's meetings are under Documents at the bottom of this page.

Previous minutes are available in our website archive. 

Members

• Joe Fitzpatrick (Chairperson), Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing
• Professor Amanda Amos, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Linda Bauld, University of Stirling
• Professor Sally Haw, University of Stirling
• Sheila Duffy, ASH Scotland
• Anna Bennett, Young Scot
• Dawn Adamson, Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland 
• Adam Osprey, CPS
• Dr Alison McCallum, NHS Lothian
• Craig Somers, Chief Officers of Environmental Health Group
• Professor Gerard Hastings, University of Stirling 
• Gregor McNie, Cancer UK
• Erin Robertson, British Medical Association
• Moyra Burns, NHS Lothian
• Paul Waterson, Scottish Licensed Trade Association 
• Pete Cheema, Scottish Grocers Federation
• David Woodrow, National Federation of Retail Newsagents (Scotland) 
• Garrick Smyth, COSLA
• John Lee, Scottish Grocers Federation
• George Dodds, NHS Health Scotland
• Debbie Sigerson, NHS Health Scotland
• Frank Toner, British Lung Foundation

Scottish Government officials:

• Morris Fraser
• Elaine Mitchell
• John Glen
• Stephen Young

Documents

• Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control minutes: June 2019
• Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control minutes: February 2018
• Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control minutes: March 2017
• Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control minutes: November 2015