Results 1-20 of 26 for smoking speaker:Jacqui Smith

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cannabis (7 May 2008) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...health. Young people may be more at risk if they first use it at an early age, and the council refers to the average age of first use being 13. It suggests that some young people might "binge smoke" to achieve the maximum possible intoxication, in the same way as some treat alcohol, and it concludes that if they do, the consequences "may be very serious to their mental health". The council...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cannabis (7 May 2008) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...precisely the relationship between the increased strength of cannabis, particularly skunk, and, as the advisory council points out, the potential future danger of young people, in particular, binge smoking it, and the uncertainty, at least, about the resulting impact on their mental health that have driven today's decision. However, the right hon. Gentleman then accuses the Advisory...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cannabis (7 May 2008) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...of police forces about the strength of skunk, linked to what the advisory council has identified as a potential and serious threat arising from the relationship between young people binge smoking and much more potent and stronger cannabis. Of course, in making my decision I needed to bear in mind the impact on police priorities. A reclassification from class C to B will be likely to drive...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Smoking (25 Jan 2006)

Jacqui Smith: Educational establishments which are publicly funded are covered by the provisions of the Health Bill currently before Parliament. The Bill, when passed, will prohibit smoking in enclosed public places including early years education settings, Sure Start children's centres, schools, colleges of further education and institutions of higher education, with some exemptions for residential...

Asthma (6 May 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...to keep records and effectively manage and review patients with asthma in order to qualify for additional quality payments. In particular, it highlights and promotes the offering and development of smoking cessation advice for patients with asthma who smoke. It promotes an increase in the number of patients who have asthma reviews and the number who have flu immunisation. If the profession...

Written Answers — Health: Prisoners (28 Apr 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...dependence, considered in the survey. The same study showed that 85 per cent. of men on remand, 78 per cent. of sentenced men, 83 per cent. of women on remand and 81 per cent. of sentenced women smoked. It also indicated that 85 per cent. of men on remand, 81 per cent. of sentenced men, 77 per cent. of women on remand and 69 per cent. of sentenced women had ever taken an illegal drug. No...

Written Answers — Health: Osteoporosis (7 Apr 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...body in this field and produces a range of information leaflets and offers an advice helpline. For the majority of the population, preventative measures of a balanced diet, exercise, ceasing smoking and reducing alcohol intake prove sufficient. The Government has tackled increasing awareness and the importance of adopting these public health measures in a wide variety of ways in recent years.

Written Answers — Health: Perinatal Deaths (28 Mar 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...website at http://www.nice.org.uk. The expected date of issue is October 2003. The greatest preventable sub-optimal care factor associated with low birthweight and compromised health in babies is smoking during pregnancy. This practice is often aligned with disparities between the life chances of families living in poverty, and those living in more affluent circumstances. The Sure Start...

Youth Policy: Drug Education (23 Jan 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...is being reflected in guidance and practice. We need to take a broad approach that covers illegal drugs as well as tobacco and alcohol. The Government are concerned about young people taking up smoking because of the problems that that can lead to in later life. That is why many of our education programmes deal with the harm that tobacco can do; it is also why we are taking action on...

Written Answers — Health: Physical Health of Prisoners (7 Jan 2003)

Ms Jacqui Smith: A study of the physical health of sentenced male prisoners was undertaken in 1994. It showed that 81 per cent. of sentenced male prisoners smoked and 30 per cent. were overweight. This is still considered to be representative of the current prison population.

Written Answers — Health: Suicide (4 Nov 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: Individual prisons and their local national health service partners provide various services to help prisoners stop smoking. The range of services provided is determined locally. The Department is sponsoring pilots in five prisons to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation services for prisoners and the best way of providing them.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (29 Oct 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: Information on smoking in pregnancy is obtained from the infant feeding survey, which is carried out every five years; the most recent survey was in 2000. The results are not analysed by national health service region. The available information is given in the tables. Table 1. Proportion of women who smoked throughout pregnancy/England, 1990,1995, and 2000 -- Percentage Smoking prevalence...

Written Answers — Health: Health Action Zone (Cumbria) (1 Jul 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...: Welfare advice in primary care; A physical activity directory; A healthy communities worker; Debt advice service; A community cardiac rehabilitation programme manager; Howgill community garden; A smoking cessation adviser; as well as a number of smaller local projects such as the; Aqua aerobics in Mirehouse and healthy eating and physical activity in Distington.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking-related Deaths (26 Mar 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...1999 64,515 Source: Office of National Statistics; ICD 9 430-438 The latest available UK figure for the number of deaths from cerebrovascular disease, including stroke estimated to be caused by smoking is 7,300 deaths among those aged 35 and over (1995 data). These deaths represent approximately 11 per cent. of all deaths from cerebrovascular disease in the UK in that year (Christine...

Chest Disease (1 Mar 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...programmes for action on coronary heart disease will lead to improvements in the treatment of respiratory disease, because one of the key risk factors for coronary heart disease is cigarette smoking. It is the key cause of fatal lung diseases, such as lung cancer and chronic bronchitis, and increases the risk of pneumonia. I will refer more to smoking later. Furthermore, many respiratory...

Chest Disease (1 Mar 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ..., diagnosis, management and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Development work is currently under way on those guidelines. As the hon. Lady pointed out, and as I said earlier, smoking is the cause of many serious respiratory diseases. It is the major cause of lung cancer and COPD and almost doubles the risk of pneumonia. That is why our anti-smoking initiatives are so...

Chest Disease (1 Mar 2002)

Ms Jacqui Smith: I was just coming to that bit of my speech, although I am certainly willing to add to my letter on intermediate care some more details about progress with young women and smoking. An important element of the overall tobacco strategy is the health education programme, to which some £55 million has been allocated in the period 1999–2000 to 2002–03. The programme involves a mass...

Written Answers — Health: Gutkha (10 Dec 2001)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...with oral tobacco as part of our tobacco information strategy. Our Asian tobacco campaign launched in August, focused on high risk ethnic minority populations, to address the health risks of smoking and the use of oral tobacco in order to decrease demand for these products. It is envisaged that an important element of this campaign will be the close involvement of local community...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking-related Deaths (5 Dec 2001)

Ms Jacqui Smith: The information is not available in the form requested. Based on 1995 figures it has been estimated that each year 18,250 deaths are caused from stroke of which 7,300 deaths are smoking related. We are committed to bring back the Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship Bill during the lifetime of the current Parliament.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking Cessation (4 Dec 2001)

Ms Jacqui Smith: Decisions on the level of funding for smoking cessation services in 2002–03 form part of the work on health authority allocations. An announcement on health authority allocations for 2002–03 will be made shortly. The NHS Plan sets out the provision of a comprehensive smoking cessation service. The success of this programme will mean that by 2010, at least 1.5 million smokers will...