How the results will be used

The results of the Big Smoke Debate clearly show that the majority of both smokers and nonsmokers support the need for further restrictions on where smoking takes place.

In response to this, the London Health Commission is committed to:

Taking Londoners' views on smoking in public places to a variety of audiences, including the business sector, with a view to influencing their decisions in this area of policy/practice.
Supporting appropriate measures to restrict smoking in enclosed public places.
Further engaging a range of communities and organisations in determining the next steps on this issue, with a particular focus on those under-represented in responses to the survey.

Everyone in London has the right to a healthy workplace. The Commission supports the need for safe, healthy, smokefree work environments for all Londoners, and is committed to working towards this by:

Taking this message to a wide range of audiences.
Seeking to influence Commissioners' own agencies and networks.
Offering support, information and/or advice to voluntary and community organisations to assist them to become smokefree.

Smoking kills smokers and nonsmokers. Smoking is also a major cause of health inequality in London.

The Commission will:

Raise awareness of the evidence about smoking and its effects.
Seek to provide accurate information to counter misinformation, whatever the source, about the effects of smoking in enclosed public spaces.
Present Londoners' views on smoking in public places to the Commission membership, which includes a broad range of health, business and government networks including the Greater London Authority and the Mayor.