Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15224

Smoking

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Lorraine Beavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Roadmap to a Smokefree country to ensure that areas like Blackpool and Fleetwood, where smoking rates are higher than the national average, can support every smoker who wants t

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The previous Government’s ambition was to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030. We are going even further. Our ambition is to deliver a smoke-free United Kingdom and the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Act will create the first smoke-free gene...

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