| Synopsis: |
The White Paper on Public Health, which covers such issues as smoking, obesity, sexual health and mental illness, has the aim of establishing an environment that encourages people to lead a healthy lifestyle. It was drawn up after a consultation exercise that involved 15,000 people and included over 1000 submissions. Amongst its proposals are: a plan to make most enclosed public areas, including offices and factories, smoke-free (only private clubs, where members voted to allow smoking, and pubs which do not serve prepared food would be exempt); a ban on junk food advertising before 9pm; traffic light coding for supermarket food; improved access to sexual health clinics; clearer labelling on alcohol; access to personal health trainers on the NHS. |