Glossary of acronyms and terms
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
BERR Former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (now BIS)
BME Black and Minority Ethnic
CDRP Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership
CLG Communities and Local Government
CO Carbon Monoxide
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CVD Cardiovascular disease
DH Department of Health
DCSF Department for Children, Schools and Families
FCTC World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Fresh Smokefree North East (Fresh is not an acronym)
FTND Fagerström test for nicotine dependence
HCP Healthcare Professional
HDA Health Development Agency
HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
HSE Health and Safety Executive
IC NHS Information Centre
IDeA Improvement and Development Agency (for local government)
INB Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (negotiating a protocol on illicit trade within the FCTC)
IHS Integrated Household Survey
IDT Inland Detection Teams (part of HMRC)
IPO Intellectual Property Office
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LA Local authority
LAA Local Area Agreement
LACORS Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services
LATSS Local Authority trading standards services
LCFS Local Counter-Fraud specialist
LES Local Enhanced Service
LGA Local Government Association
LILO Local Intelligence Liaison Officer (within a local authority)
LSP Local Strategic Partner
MHRA Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
NARS Nicotine-Assisted Reduction to Stop
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Niche Smokeless and smoking tobacco products used by BME communities
NSEC National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
NST National Support Team
NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy
OFT Office of Fair Trading
PCT Primary Care Trust
PSA Public Service Agreement
ONS Office for National Statistics
RIO Regional Intelligence Officer (with trading standards)
RIU Regional Intelligence Unit (within a police service)
R&M Routine and Manual demographic groups
RPM Regional Performance Manager
RTPM Regional Tobacco Policy Manager
Scambusters Government-funded regional teams working with enforcement agencies
SOCA Serious Organised Crime Agency
SFNE Smokefree North East (Fresh)
SFNW Smokefree North West
SFYH Smokefree Yorkshire and the Humber
SHA Strategic Health Authority
SLA Service Level Agreement
SPC Summary of product characteristics
TCF Tobacco Control Forum
TS Trading Standards
TSI Trading Standards Institute
TSO Trading Standards Officer
UCL University College London
UKBA United Kingdom Border Agency
UKCTCS UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies
WCC World Class Commissioning
WHO World Health Organisation