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1041742

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date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	208850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 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> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 208858 question first answered 22/01/2019 15:08:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1041743

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local stop smoking services which encourage smokers to transition to vaping.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	208851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) recommends that all local stop smoking services in England should offer support to smokers who want to use an e-cigarette to stop smoking.</p><p> </p><p>PHE commissions the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training to produce free online training for healthcare professionals, a briefing for services and a guide for services on working with e-cigarette retailers. These materials are available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.ncsct.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The PHE ‘E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products: evidence review’ can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/e-cigarettes-and-heated-tobacco-products-evidence-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/e-cigarettes-and-heated-tobacco-products-evidence-review</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/01/2019 16:14:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1041766

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the fall in smoking rates continues.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	208858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 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> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 208850 question first answered 22/01/2019 15:08:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon