Question follow-through · 8902
Smoking
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
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
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
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2024
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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