Provision of Community-Based Smoking Cessation Services (2nd) — Public Health.

Descriptions

Contract 2Dorset County Council, on behalf of Public Health Dorset, sought tenders to provide community-based smoking cessation services across the three local authority areas of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole that will support the aims to: — Reduce smoking related illnesses and deaths by helping people to give up smoking or reducing the harm caused by smoking tobacco — Improve the health of the population by reducing exposure to second-hand smoke; promoting smoke-free homes and cars (especially cars carrying children) — Reduce health inequalities by offering individual, flexible support that is sensitive to the needs of high priority groups, e.g. routine and manual workers, people with mental health issues and/or long-term medical conditions — Support service users to access additional behavioural / lifestyle support by offering, where appropriate, a referral to LiveWell Dorset.