Perspectives from Northern Ireland - Sean Martin Presented on Thursday 5th June 2014.

1. Challenges in Enforcement
of
Tobacco Control Legislation
in
Northern Ireland

2. Overview
• Smoke-free Environments
• Protection of Young People
• Joining Up Agendas
• Where next ?
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3. Smoke-free Environments
• Preparation and Compliance building
• Compliance
• Enforcement Statistics
• Enforcement Challenges
- Vehicles
- Shelters
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6. Warnings FPNs Prosecution Warnings FPNs Prosecution Warnings FPNs Prosecution Warnings FPNs Prosecution
Premisesfailing to displayno smoking signage 140 4 0 207 6 0 155 2 0 502 12 0
Smoking in smoke-freepremises 64 28 2 66 31 1 39 24 0 169 83 3
Failing to preventsmoking in smoke-freeplaces 106 N/A 4 81 N/A 8 76 N/A 3 263 N/A 15
Vehiclefailing to displayno smoking signage 21 2 2 25 2 0 9 7 0 55 11 2
Smoking in smoke-freevehicles 660 820 35 555 676 16 358 553 23 1573 2049 74
Failureto preventsmoking in smoke-freevehicle 588 N/A 5 241 N/A 0 174 N/A 0 1003 N/A 5
TOTALS 1579 854 48 1175 715 25 811 586 26 3565 2155 99
Year2010/11 Year2011/12 Year2012/13 TOTALS
Smoke-Free Enforcement 2010/11 to 2012/13
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7. Enforcement
• Shelters – challenges by architects and the
trade to make comfortable areas
• Vehicle Survey
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8. Smoke-Free Vehicle Survey
Nov 2010 and May 2011
Vehicle Type Nov 2010 May 2011 Non-compliance
HGV 7225 8182 3.7%
Van 13,483 15,693 3.5%
Taxi 2988 3546 2.4%
Bus 1871 0.2%
Other 1053 2664 2.6%
Totals / Average 26,620 30,085 3.2%
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9. Protection of Young People
•Retail display
•Vending Machines
•Sales from retail shops
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10. Sales from Retail Shops
• Challenges of doing under-age sales
– Recruit children
– BIS Guidance
– RIPA
– Retailers view on tobacco
– Enforcement statistics
– Court Sanctions
– Costs of bringing cases
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11. Bar Graph Showing
Number of Test Purchase Visits and Number of Sales
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12. Bar Graph Showing
Number of Sales Made to a Child and Prosecutions Taken
Salesmadetoachild
Prosecutions Taken
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13. Joining Up Agendas
• Strategy
• No Smoking Policy Development
• Sign Posting in other services
• Enforcement Alternatives – pilot in Larne, Carrick and
Ballymena
• Research into retailers and children
• Engaging with Retail sector
• Awards
5 workstreams
Protection and Enforcement
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14. Where Next ?
• Smoke-free environments – where next?
- current visibility of smoking
- cars
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15. Northern Ireland Vehicle Survey in Cars
February – March 2012
Overall Total
of
Vehicles
Surveyed
Total Number of People
Smoking in Cars
Total Number
of cars where a
child was
present
Total Number of
cars with children
and someone
smoking
6740 346
5.1%
-4.5% drivers
-0.6% passengers
1450
21.5%
50
3.4%
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16. Where Next ?
• Does having a JTI have an effect on our policy development?
- economic arguments around tobacco
• Availability of Tobacco to Young People – where?
• Is all the regulation being effective?
• LGR – building capacity in LG
– Community Plan / Health Protection
• Efficient Enforcement processes
- are Fixed Penalty Notice’s the answer – what message?
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