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Tobacco and Vapes Bill

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

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    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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