Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7545

Smoking: Health Services

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of a polluter pays levy on tobacco company to fund smoking cessation services; and if he will make it his policy to increase fun

Answer

The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including additional funding for local authority Stop Smoking Services, more enforcement activity around illegal tobacco and vape products, as well as recently lau...

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