Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23241

Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking

Tabled: 23 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure that family hubs provide advice on smoking and vaping harm reduction.

Answer

Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability, and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 yearly deaths in the United Kingdom, and one in four of all UK cancer deaths. It costs our country £17 billion a year, ...

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