Deaths From Smoking

EDM number 51 in 2010-12, proposed by Bob Russell on 25/05/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Health education and preventive medicine and Smoking.

That this House expresses concern that 100,000 people across the UK die each year as a result of smoking; further expresses concern that smoking kills half of its long-term users, causes half the difference in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in society and that over 80 per cent. of smokers start before the age of 19; notes that it takes on average three to eight attempts to stop smoking; and urges the Government to be unrelenting in its efforts to protect children and tackle inequalities through effective tobacco control.

This motion has been signed by a total of 92 MPs.