Legislation

• Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010
  An Act to make provision about the retailing of tobacco products, including provision prohibiting the display of tobacco products and establishing a register of tobacco retailers; to amend the criteria for eligibility to provide primary medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and for connected purposes.
• The Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (Ancillary Provisions) Order 2010
• ASH Scotland briefing on the background to and passage of the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010
• Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005; The Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006 
• and Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
• National evaluation of Scotland's smoke-free legislation

A wider range of resources is listed below in alphabetical order.

	European case law List of European case law relating to tobacco compiled by the Smoke Free Partnership
	Health Act 2009 The UK Government's 2009 Health BIll
	Legal documents: tobacco control European legal documents relating to tobacco control
	Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 Provides access to the full text of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005
	The 2009 Scottish Tobacco Bill Information on the progress of the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Bill, which proposes four key measures which aim to prevent young people smoking by reducing both the availability and visibility of tobacco to young people.
	Tobacco 18: the law for selling tobacco has changed Aimed at teenagers this Department of Health website provides information on the change in law for selling tobacco which makes it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18.
	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 Provides access to the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
	Tobacco Advertising Directive (2003/33/EC) an EU wide ban on cross-border tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the media other than television. The ban covers print media, radio, internet and sponsorship of events involving several Member States, such as the Olympic games and Formula One races. Free distribution of tobacco is banned in such events. The ban covers advertising and sponsorship with the aim or direct or indirect effect of promoting a tobacco product.