The evidence presented at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress on 20 June 2022 has been shared with the Government, which is currently developing a new Tobacco Control Plan for publication later this year.
The Congress will also be given new data on the numbers of smokers with mental health conditions. Rates of smoking are much higher among people with mental health conditions than those without, and among England’s 6 million smokers there are an estimated: 230k smokers with severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder), 1.6 million with depression and anxiety.