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Councils work hard in their communities to help long term smokers quit and so are fully supportive of the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambitions.

“We are asking the Government to consider using the Autumn Statement to uplift the value of the scheme to bring it in line with inflation and review every six months."

"We believe this is a progressive piece of legislation that would undoubtedly impact on smoking prevalence, and ultimately reduce rates of smoking-related disease."

Tackling the harm caused by illegal drugs is complex and it is too soon yet to tell if the 2021 Drugs Strategy has been a success or not

Councils have made good progress but more needs to be done especially to reduce the gap between the most and least deprived.

Disposable vapes are inherently unsustainable products, meaning an outright ban remains the most effective solution to this problem

"Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide and councils stand ready to help the Government achieve its ambition of eliminating smoking in England by 2030.”

“As this survey rightly highlights, we need to invest more in the public health workforce and in preventing the causes of poor health, including through an uplift to councils’ public health grant and a wider review of the adequacy of public health funding."

It is clear that the success of the vaccination programme has allowed us to live with COVID-19. But the threat of new variants still remains a concern, particularly for those who are more vulnerable in our communities.

Making more digital health checks available is a useful tool to detect certain illnesses but it should be treated as an addition to not a replacement of a physical health check