PE1932: Ban smoking in Scotland and develop a strategy for vaping
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to impose an outright ban on smoking and develop a transformative public health strategy for vaping.
Petitioner: Doug Mutter on behalf of VPZ
Status: Closed
Date published: 19 April 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (170KB, pdf) posted 20 May 2022
Committee Meetings
15 June 2022: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government is not currently considering an outright ban on smoking in favour of vaping.
Written Submissions
PE1932/A: Scottish Government submission of 1 May 2022 (57KB, pdf) posted 01 June 2022
PE1932/B:Petitioner submission of 7 June 2022 (140KB, pdf) posted 10 June 2022