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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-15more like thismore than 2019-01-15
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Smoking more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce smoking and (b) encourage smokers to transition to vaping. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford remove filter
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 208850 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-01-22more like thismore than 2019-01-22
answer text <p>The Government published its five-year tobacco control plan for England in July 2017. This set out a vision of a smoke-free generation and detailed ambitions to reduce smoking prevalence amongst adults, pregnant women and young people, as well as to reduce the inequality gap in smoking prevalence between those in routine and manual occupations and the general population. The plan also outlined a commitment to support consumers in stopping smoking and adopting the use of less harmful nicotine products such as e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published ‘The Tobacco Control Delivery Plan 2017-2022’ in June 2018, setting out the steps the Government and key delivery partners will take to help deliver those ambitions, including ongoing review of safety, uptake, impact and effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a means of quitting.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
grouped question UIN 208858 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-01-22T15:08:08.437Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-22T15:08:08.437Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this