Provision of Community-Based Smoking Cessation Services [1st] — Public Health.

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Contract 1Dorset County Council, on behalf of Public Health Dorset, is 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.