Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Commons · Question 27137 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 5 Feb 2025
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...