Tobacco Control in England

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Tobacco Control

in England


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Smoking is a major public health

problem in England

Around 18% of adults smoke

Almost 80,000 people die every year from smokingdiseases: 1 in 5 of all deaths

Smoking is the biggest preventable ause of death

Smoking is a ma!or ause of health ine"ualities: lessaffluent people smoke more


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Smoking auses a range of diseases: most smoking$related

deaths are from cancer, cardiovascular disease or

respiratory disease

alf of all regular smokers &ill die from a smoking illness

'egular smokers lose 1( years of life, on average

)&o$thirds of smokers &ant to "uit, but niotine is very

additive

Smokers an improve their health immediately and live

longer by "uitting, regardless of their age

Smoking and health


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Costs of tobacco

)reating smoking illnesses osts +50 million every &eek

Smoking auses 5% of all hospital admissions for people aged#5

10,000 hildren admitted to hospital eah year beause of

seondhand smoke

-ider osts of tobao use in the ./ estimated at +1#* billioneah year:

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ealth ostso ost produtivityo Smoking breakso Absenteeismo ouse fires


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ong$term deline in smoking rates: fe&er than 20% ofadults in 3ngland smoke

-ide understanding among the general population of the

risks of smoking

4overnment taking further ation to drive smoking rates do&n

further

A ne& tobao strategy to be published this year

Progress in the UK


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Smoking prevalence in Great Britain

aged !" and over#

1* 1 180 18# 18( 18 12 15 18 2001 200* 200 2010 201#0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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#5%

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*5%

50%

$ear


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Tobacco promotion and %outh smoking

6a!ority of smokers start smoking as hildren: (00hildren 7aged 11$15 years start smoking every day

)&o$thirds of smokers are regular smokers before turning 18

years of age

A range of fators influenes &hether or not hildren and young

people take up smoking, inluding:

o tobao prie and availability

o tobao industry promotion, inluding

advertising, displays in shops and other

promotional tatis suh as produt

plaement in films

9mage from: &&&theparentsoneom


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&egular smoking among !' %ear olds in England

2002 200# 200* 2005 200( 200 2008 200 2010 2011 2012 201# 201*0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

$ear


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(ction across si) areas

6aking tobao less affordable

elping tobao users to "uit

'eduing e;posure to

seondhand smoke

3ffetive ommuniations fortobao ontrol

3ffetive regulation

Stopping the promotion oftobao

9nformation, intelligeneand researh


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+aking tobacco less affordable

6aking tobao less affordable is proven to redue smoking rates

=oung people and less affluent people are partiularly sensitive to

prie

Annual inreases in ta; of 2% above inflation for ne;t 5 years

./ is one of the most e;pensive plaes in the &orld to buy tobao

)obao duty is an important ontributor to publi finanes

'evenues of almost +10 billion from tobao duty in 201#>1*


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Ta) revenue has increased as smoking prevalence has fallen,

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2000

4000

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10000

12000

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5%

10%

15%

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25%

30%

Tobacco tax revenue (£m)

Smoking prevaence (16!)


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"oo# progre$$ in tacking iicit tobacco

ate$t government $trateg& pubi$'e# in 2011 it' a$ignicant inve$tment in en*orcement

Since 2000 t'e $i+e o* t'e iicit cigarette market 'a$ been cutb& amo$t 'a*

,e -uropean.i#e mea$ure$incu#ing /track an# trace

T rotoco on icit Tobacco

$'o$ t'at 'ig' tobacco tax#oe$ not increa$e iicit tobacco


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Helping tobacco users to quit

-xten$ive netork o* *ree oca$top $moking $ervice$ to 'ep$moker$ 'o ant to 7uit

Stop $moking $ervice$ provi#e

be'avioura $upport + me#icineon pre$cription = 'ig'er 7uitrate$

eat' pro*e$$iona$ provi#e/brie* a#vice to $moker$ about7uitting

Stop $moking me#icine$ i#e&

avaiabe


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Reducing exposure tosecondhand smoke

ompre'en$ive $moke*reeegi$ation *or enco$e#ork an# pubic pace$9popuar an# e:ective

,o $moking in car$ it'c'i#ren

;e#uction$ in 'eart attack$

ong term re#uction$ in$moking in t'e 'ome


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Efective communications

,ationa tobacco marketing $trateg& to9

o ;emin# $moker$ why t'e& nee# to 7uit

o Trigger 7uit attempt$

o "ive peope to in*ormation to 'ep t'em make more e:ective 7uitattempt$


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'ere po$$ibeu$ing netec'noog& *or our

marketing= $uc'a$ $ocia me#ia

a$t &ear= amo$t1 miion $moker$ere encourage#to make a 7uitattempt


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Efective regulation

?ge o* $ae *or tobacco an#

e.cigarette$ i$ 18 &ear$

Toug' penatie$ *or $'op$$eing to c'i#ren

@an on $eing tobacco *romven#ing mac'ine$

icture 'eat' arning$ on

pack$

,e -uropean nion rue$ Ament'o cigarette$


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Stopping the promotion otobacco

ompre'en$ive ban on atobacco a#verti$ing

Bi$pa& o* tobacco in a $'op$

not permitte#

Stan#ar#i$e# packaging a$to commence


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International dimensions !"#"

i$ a art& to t'e >< rameork onvention on

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romote$ compre'en$ive= government.i#e $trategie$

;ecogni$e$ important roe t'at civi $ociet& can pa&

take$ T ?rtice 5C3 $eriou$& an# i$ committe# totran$parenc&

"ui#eine$ agree# to a$$i$t artie$ to impement t'e T

romote$ cooperation beteencountrie$


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"omprehensive tobacco control

;e#ucing $moking prevaence re7uire$ a ong.term=evi#ence.ba$e# $trateg&

? compre'en$ive approac' i$ recommen#e# b&T9 a artice$ o* t'e T are important

Everyone 'a$ an important roe to pa& in re#ucingtobacco u$e= incu#ing pariamentarian$= civi $ociet&=aca#emic$= 'eat' pro*e$$iona$ an# t'e me#ia

Su$taine# poitica commitment to improving pubic'eat' t'roug' tobacco contro 'a$ been vita in t'e

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