Throughout Europe, and in many other countries around the world, the favoured method of cannabis delivery is to smoke the drug together with tobacco, creating a powerfully addictive carcinogenic cocktail. The risk to health from tobacco smoking is incontrovertible; the risks from cannabis are more controversial and often less readily accepted.

Cannabis use and abuse remains a complex area: it is the world's most widely used illegal substance, particularly popular with young people. It's a versatile drug, many say they smoke to relax, or to sleep at night, for others smoking cannabis is a way of avoiding emotional problems, and for some, chronic cannabis use can either be seen as a lifestyle choice or an addictive trap.

Cannabis and tobacco are intimately connected and although the science of nicotine addiction is well understood. Much less is known about how to help cannabis smokers with the psychological and physiological aspects of their dependency, and how the two substances interrelate to compound the difficulties in quitting either or both, together or separately.

Smoke alarm is a not for profit, Community Interest Company dedicated to offering credible information to the estimated 3 million people who regularly smoke tobacco joints here in the UK. We do this directly educating through schools and colleges as well as indirectly through tobacco cessation professionals, drug agencies, and youth services.

Profits from training seminars will be used to develop regional Cannabis Support Groups for those wishing to make positive changes about their use.