Tobacco & Vapes Bill - key facts in favour
Government's aims to create a smoke free generation for people born on or after 1 January 2009
Point 1
Phasing out smoking will save thousands of lives as quoted by medical health professionals.
Point 2
If the bill passes, ministers say smoking rates among those aged 14-30 could be near zero by 2040.
Point 3
Prof Steve Turner, the president of the Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health, said: “By stopping children and young people from becoming addicted to nicotine and tobacco, we decrease their chances of developing preventable diseases later in life, and will protect children from the harms of nicotine addiction.”
Point 4
The government says creating a “smoke-free generation” could prevent more than 470,000 cases of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and other diseases by the end of the century.
Point 5
Government figures show smoking costs the UK about £17bn a year, including £10bn through lost productivity alone. It says this cost dwarfs the £10bn raised through taxes on tobacco products.
Summary
Phasing out smoking is something that should have happened a long time ago.
The cost on the health care system
The benefit to the health of society as a whole
A generation of clean tobacco free lungs that will result in a population of the same, means a huge huge call to action for a wonderful Bill and sign off as soon as possible.
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