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Research on tobacco use among looked-after children (LAC) has primarily focused on the individual characteristics of young people in care. We aimed to conceptualise additional factors influencing tobacco use by young people living in English local authority children's homes from a policy and provider perspective.

The health benefits of smoking cessation in older adults, defined in most developed societies as a chronological age of 65 years or over, are well documented and show that gains in health and quality of life can be achieved among older smokers with long-term smoking histories. However, older adults rarely access smoking-cessation services, and little is known about the factors that affect involvement in attempts to quit in this group. The aim of this study was to explore issues surrounding engagement of older smokers with smoking-cessation support delivered in primary care.

Rates of tobacco smoking among recipients of food aid are reported to be high (28–55%), yet whether food insecurity affects the smoking and quitting behaviour of this group remains unclear. We aimed to describe the effect of food insecurity on tobacco use among users of food banks.

Rates of tobacco smoking are substantially higher among young people accommodated in residential homes than in the general youth population. Public health guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that all smokers should be identified, advised to quit, and offered treatment for tobacco dependence during health-care consultations. Opportunities to address tobacco dependence are available for young people in residential care through the annual statutory health review assessment (HRA). However, little is known about the extent to which HRA is used to address tobacco dependence among this population. We aimed to assess smoking-related recording and clinical practice during the HRA.