United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 149203
Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards
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29 March 2022
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8 April 2022 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the 2006 study by McNeill and West in the British Medical Journal that South Asian chewed tobacco is a major cause of oral cancer, what assessment his Department h
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29 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the 2006 study by McNeill and West in the British Medical Journal that South Asian chewed tobacco is a major cause of oral cancer, what assessment his Department h
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8 April 2022
Answer
Although no official assessment of the safety of chewing tobacco has been made, traditional smokeless tobacco products are harmful to health by causing oral, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers. It remains the Government’s policy to help people to quit all...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-29/149203
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1455554
- uk · wq-1455554 · source updated 8 April 2022