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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-18more like thismore than 2016-07-18
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Smoking: Death 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, what data exists about the proportion of excess mortality in lower socioeconomic status groups due to smoking-related diseases; whether the forthcoming tobacco control strategy for England will contain measures to address that issue; and when he expects to publish the next tobacco control strategy for England. more like this
tabling member constituency Harrow East more like this
tabling member printed
Bob Blackman more like this
uin 43155 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-07-25more like thismore than 2016-07-25
answer text <p>The independent review into health inequalities in England undertaken by Professor Sir Michael Marmot culminated in the publication in 2010 of Fair Society, Healthy Lives. The review identified the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England and made the following recommendation:</p><p> </p><p>“Tobacco control is central to any strategy to tackle health inequalities as smoking accounts for approximately half of the difference in life expectancy between the lowest and highest income groups. Smoking-related death rates are two to three times higher in low-income groups than in wealthier social groups.”</p><p> </p><p>The new tobacco control plan is currently being developed and Ministers will decide on an appropriate publication date in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-25T16:19:17.6Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-25T16:19:17.6Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4005
label Biography information for Bob Blackman remove filter