Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8902

Smoking

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Paul Holmes

ConservativeHamble Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of the generational smoking ban on Exchequer revenues in the context of the findings of the Office for Budget Respo

Answer

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will be the biggest public health intervention in a generation, tackling the harms of smoking and paving the way for a smoke-free United Kingdom. Smoking costs the economy and wider society £21.8 billion a year. This includes an...

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