الثلاثاء، 18 يوليو 2017

Government unveils plans to cut adult smoking rate in England to 12%

Long-awaited tobacco control plan also targets reduction in number of 15-year-olds and pregnant women who regularly smoke

The government has announced plans to cut smoking rates among adults in England from 15.5% to no more than 12% by 2022.

Its long-awaited tobacco control plan, which was due to be published last summer, also targets a reduction in the number of 15-year-olds who regularly smoke, from 8% to 3% or lower; and a fall in the proportion of pregnant women smoking, from 10.5% to no more than 6% over the same period.

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