Question follow-through · 27451
Smoking: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data sources her Department is using to assess whether smoking prevalence among people aged 14 to 30 years is on track to reach the modelled level of near-zero by 2050; and whether she has pla
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data sources her Department is using to assess whether smoking prevalence among people aged 14 to 30 years is on track to reach the modelled level of near-zero by 2050; and whether she has pla
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department used a range of data sources to estimate and model smoking prevalence among those aged 14 to 30 years old. The main data sources used were Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England by NHS England Digital, Adult smoking ha...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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