On the 4th May 2005 ASH Scotland hosted Scotland’s first ever national symposium on tobacco and mental health. The purpose of the event emerged from research gathered which indicated a need to involve all health and non-health service and social care services to respond to unmet health needs relating to tobacco use of mental health service users.
A foreword and report on the event are available to read for further information.
Since the symposium The Scottish Government has been leading a Mental Health and Tobacco Working Group to take forward recommendations from the event and to develop a framework on "Moving towards Smoke-free Mental Health Services".