United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 87765
Smoking: Health Hazards
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6 December 2021
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15 December 2021 · Answer
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15 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2021 to Question 72542, if his Department will make an assessment of the relative risks of alternatives to smoking such as e-cigarettes and snus.
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6 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2021 to Question 72542, if his Department will make an assessment of the relative risks of alternatives to smoking such as e-cigarettes and snus.
Source: Commons
15 December 2021
Answer
Although they are not risk free, we do promote the role that e-cigarettes can play in smoking cessation, whilst managing the risks to non-smokers and young people. Oral tobacco, including snus, is banned in the United Kingdom under the Tobacco and Relate...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-06/87765
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1385522
- uk · wq-1385522 · source updated 15 December 2021