Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the numbers of non-smokers and (b) reduce the incidence of smoking-related cancer.

The Government has a proven track record of reducing the harm caused by tobacco and will continue this effort. In the Prevention Green Paper, we committed to achieve a smoke-free generation by 2030. This is in addition to our ambition to reduce smoking prevalence to 12% in adults, 6% in pregnant women and 3% in 15-year olds who regularly smoke by 2022.

Our NHS Long Term Plan commits to provide National Health Service-funded tobacco treatment services to all people who smoke admitted to hospital by 2023/24, with specialist service for pregnant women, mental health and disabled patients.