Smoking causes an estimated 160 cases of cancer every day in the UK. This number has increased by 17 per cent since 2003, meaning over 20 additional people a day are being diagnosed with cancer caused by smoking compared to in 2003.
Although smoking rates in the UK are going down, a growing population means there are still around 6.4m smokers in the UK and around 57,600 diagnoses of cancers caused by smoking each year.
Cancer Research UK has called on the government to re-introduce the ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’ in the King’s Speech on July 17, 2024.
Ian Walker, Cancer Research UK’s executive director of policy, said, "Right now, six people are diagnosed every hour in the UK with cancer that was caused by smoking. Every hour, six families’ lives are changed forever by an illness that could have been prevented.
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