United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7988
Tobacco
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5 January 2024
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3251 on Smoking, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting cigar based products from the proposals.
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5 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3251 on Smoking, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting cigar based products from the proposals.
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15 January 2024
Answer
Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes approximately one in four cancer deaths. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. That is why we will...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-05/7988
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1679665
- uk · wq-1679665 · source updated 15 January 2024