CYP Now - Research Report: Child Uptake of Smoking by Area Across the United Kingdom

Researchers set out to establish estimates of smoking uptake among children in different parts of the UK.

Authors Nicholas S Hopkinson, Adam Lester-George, Nick Ormiston-Smith, Alison Cox, Deborah Arnott

Published by Thorax, December 2013

SUMMARY

Researchers led by Nicholas Hopkinson, of the National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Unit at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, and Imperial College, London, wanted to come up with estimates of smoking uptake among children in different parts of the UK. National figures on smoking uptake are available but the researchers wanted to look at children specifically. They felt these figures could focus local authorities' attention and resources on what they describe as "essentially a child protection issue", particularly given councils now have responsibility for public health. Smoking is among the largest causes of preventable deaths worldwide.

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