United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4656
Tobacco: Children
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30 November 2023
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11 December 2023 · Answer
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11 December 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to not bring forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of tobacco products to people currently under the age of 14.
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30 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to not bring forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of tobacco products to people currently under the age of 14.
Source: Commons
11 December 2023
Answer
Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.This is why the Governme...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-30/4656
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1674435
- uk · wq-1674435 · source updated 11 December 2023