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Written question asked by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 January 2026. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Thursday, 15 January 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Smoking: Death

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people died from smoking in England in each year since 2021.

Answer

The latest estimates for smoking-attributable mortality in England are for the period 2017 to 2019. The Smoking Profile, produced by the Department, reports 191,903 smoking-attributable deaths of people aged 35 years old and over in the period 2017 to 2019 in England, which is just under 64,000 deaths each year. Further information on the Smoking Profile is available at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/tobacco-control/data#page/1/gid/1938132887/pat/159/par/K02000001/ati/15/are/E92000001/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
103230
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Death Smoking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk