Our impact

Since being founded in 1973, and becoming a fully independent Scottish charity in 1993, we have worked tireless to drive down smoking rates across the country and influence the introduction of legislation and regulations to help Scotland's journey towards becoming tobacco-free.

Take a look through our history and see the impacts we have helped to deliver on to improve the health of people in Scotland.

Timeline of our work in Scotland

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Time for a Tobacco-free Scotland

Our current three year strategy was launched this year, titled "Time for a Tobacco-free Scotland"

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During this time our work will focus on the following areas

What we do

Read about the different ways we work with the Scottish Government, the NHS, schools and local communities to combat the harms associated with tobacco and related products.

Contact us

Got a query or want to share your concerns about tobacco and related products? Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us by clicking the button below!