With smoking still claiming 74,000 lives annually and costing England a staggering £43.7bn a year, the report – A Roadmap to a Smokefree Country – has set out an ambitious plan to cut the number of smokers by 2m within this parliament and put the UK on track for a smokefree future.
Bob Blackman, co-chair of the APPG, said, "Smoking remains the number one cause of preventable death, costing lives and draining public finances. No government can afford to overlook the devastating impact of smoking on our economy and the NHS. This Report sets out a comprehensive plan that accelerate our progress to a smokefree UK. Further delay comes at too great a cost."
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