Question follow-through · 19232
Smoking: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment of the probability of an increase in youth smoking rates of illegal tobacco products as a result of the implementation of a generational ban on tobacco sales.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment of the probability of an increase in youth smoking rates of illegal tobacco products as a result of the implementation of a generational ban on tobacco sales.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
Smoking is still the biggest killer. It claims approximately 80,000 lives a year and puts huge pressure on our National Health Service, and costs taxpayers billions. By creating the first smoke-free generation we are stopping people from ever starting smo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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