United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 22488
Tobacco: South Asia
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21 June 2022
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28 June 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make an estimate of the number of south Asians who use chewed tobacco products in the UK and (b) conduct a formal assessment of the impact of those products on people's health.
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21 June 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make an estimate of the number of south Asians who use chewed tobacco products in the UK and (b) conduct a formal assessment of the impact of those products on people's health.
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28 June 2022
Answer
We have no plans to make a specific estimate or conduct a formal assessment. While comparative data on the incidence of oral cancers in Asian and Asian British people in relation to other ethnic groups in the adult population is collected, this does not s...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-21/22488
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1472018
- uk · wq-1472018 · source updated 28 June 2022