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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

Health leaders call for Tobacco and Vapes Bill to be passed swiftly

The latest figures show 11.9% of adults in the UK smoke, the equivalent of about six million people (PA) - (PA Archive)

More than 1,200 public health leaders have called for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to progress quickly through the final parliamentary stages to “protect future generations”.

In a cross-party letter, health leaders said the “game-changing” measures outlined in the Bill are “far too important to let it slip off the parliamentary agenda”.

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