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Written question asked by Stephen Morgan (Labour) on Friday, 13 October 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2023. It was answered by Neil O'Brien (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Smoking

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling his Department has conducted to estimate that the steps outlined in the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health's Written Statement of 11 April 2023 on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, UIN HCWS710, will help reduce smoking rates to 5% or less in England by 2030.

Answer

Annex 1 of ‘Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation’ sets out the modelling used to forecast changes in smoking prevalence over time based on legislating for a smokefree generation. This modelling is preliminary and will continue to be further refined ahead of publication of a full impact assessment.

Annex 1 is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
201315
Session
2022-23
Related items
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Children Smoking Electronic cigarettes
Link
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