At your Leisure - 22 November 2004
The Final Drag
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- Government White Paper proposes legislation
- Obesity
- Junk food adverts cut
- Better food labelling
- Sexual ill health
- Alcohol abuse
- Inequality in health provision
- Personal NHS well-being trainers
- Smoking
- Socio-economic issue
- Less well off more likely to smoke
- Less likely to quit
- More likely to get ill
- To some, smoking a necessary evil
- The cost of smoking
- 86,500 deaths each year in England from habit
- 230 related deaths every day
- 62% of them men, 38% women
- More young women smoking than young men
- BMA says 800 deaths per year from passive smoking
- Other countries' experience
- Public smoking banned in Ireland
- Also in California and New York City
- Plus Canada and Norway
- No clear impact of ban yet
- Macroeconomic issue
- Economic cost of ill-health
- Revenue from tobacco taxation
- Smoking banned in pubs & clubs?
- Only if they serve food prepared in own kitchen
- Outlawed in bar/counter area of all pubs
- Members of private clubs can vote against
- Public health v private choice
- Libertarians stress right to choose
- Anti smoking campaigners stress right to protection
- Govt action needed as with drink driving
- Limits to role of state
- Smoking banned everywhere?
- Govt depts smoke free 2006
- Enclosed public spaces smoke free 2007
- Licensed premises smokeless 2008
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