Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27137

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Tabled: 29 January 2025

Answered: 5 February 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the costs of (a) implementing a one-time increase in the legal purchase age of tobacco and (b) introducing an age escalator, in the context of the Tobacco

Answer

Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and ill health. It causes approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, one in four of all cancer deaths, and kills up to two-thirds of its users.Smoking also substantially incr...

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