Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31029
Alcoholic Drinks and Smoking: Sales
Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of illegal sales of (a) tobacco, (b) vape and c) alcohol products.
Answer
Ashley DaltonEvidence shows that when we have introduced targeted tobacco control measures, they have had a positive impact on tackling the problems of illicit tobacco. When the age of sale was increased from 16 to 18 years old in 2007, this created 1.3 million more p...
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