This one-day course will equip local authority officers who have regulatory responsibilities for the smokefree legislation with up-to-date information necessary to maintain their necessary knowledge and skills. It will also further develop their competencies to secure maximum and consistent compliance with the legislation through effective and efficient actions.
The course will also inform those officers in identifying persons exposed to second-hand smoke as part of their work, recreation and access to public facilities and to consider the options for the extension of smokefree requirements.
Who should attend?
Local authority staff who are authorised to carry out the enforcement duties for securing compliance with smokefree legislation, or who have experience of undertaking enforcement activities within a regulatory environment and are responsible for the implementation of the smokefree legislation.
Key Outcomes:
Delegates who attend this training will:
- Be able to demonstrate their understanding of the smokefree legislation and its means of application
- Have gained an appreciation of how tobacco products are identified and the associated control mechanisms
- Have explored ways to address deliberate non-compliance using the mechanisms available through the use of the smokefree legislation and the other tobacco control measures
- Be able to identify persons still exposed to second-hand smoke as part of their work, recreation and access to public facilities
- Have evaluated for themselves the further smokefree control measures necessary to manage existing exposure to second-hand smoke
- Understand the potential for extending smokefree environments using information from current initiatives and a range of sources
This one-day course is free of charge and places are limited to one delegate per Local Authority.
This course has been designed by the CIEH’s principal policy officer with special responsibility for smokefree environments, Ian Gray MBE.
This event is funded via the Department of Health and the Local Government Regulation project on enhanced tobacco control.
The CIEH will award a certificate for five hours and 15 minutes of Core Continuing Professional Development to those attending.