The ASH Scotland Local Tobacco Control Alliance Project Report 2006 - 2011

Key Learning Points

  • A nationally managed project can increase awareness and enable those working at a local level to make use of opportunities and developments government policy and legislation provide.

  • Giving practitioners working at a local level recognition of the value of their work encourages innovation and commitment to further development.

  • Local alliance project support to practitioners has added considerably to levels of expertise in the development and maintenance of local tobacco control alliances.

  • Alliances can be victims of their own success - timing in setting up the alliances project was crucial in ensuring the continuation of valuable local partnerships.

The final report of the ASH Scotland Local Tobacco Control Alliance Project:

  • maps the development of local tobacco control alliances in Scotland from 2006 to 2010
  • identifies the dedication of individual champions, the dynamics of the various alliances and their individuality in meeting a common aim
  • details the work and legacy of the project, how this supported the development of alliances and assisted the sharing of learning both regionally and nationally
  • looks to future opportunities and the involvement of practitioners, organisations and ASH Scotland post the project.

The report is available as a pdf file. Tackling tobacco together: The final report of ASH Scotland's Local Tobacco Control Alliances Project (2006 - 2011). (April 2011) (PDF 2.21MB).

The previous mapping report produced by the project is also available as a pdf file Mapping of Local Alliances in Scotland 2007 including the ASH Scotland response (pdf 372kb)