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Coronary Heart Disease (9 Jun 2005)

Jon Trickett: ...than simply try to offer an expedited and accelerated curative set of processes, such as better clinical services, we ought equally to consider preventive measures. The first such area is obvious: smoking. Smoking is a major factor in ill health, particularly in coronary problems. The Government are doing a lot and have a fantastic information scheme—a great deal of public...

Finance Bill: [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Rates of Tobacco Products Duty (13 May 2003)

Mr Jon Trickett: .... We should remind ourselves of why we tax tobacco products. Some 120,000 deaths a year are directly caused by tobacco consumption of one kind or another. There is no real evidence that cigarette smoking is substantially more lethal than other forms of tobacco consumption. The Treasury has increased taxation on tobacco products, under both main parties, not just to safeguard revenue, but...

Health Inequalities (Hemsworth) (12 Feb 2003)

Mr Jon Trickett: ...the Wanless report, it becomes clear that many of the factors that produce acute ill health, especially among manual workers and deprived communities, are susceptible to changes in behaviour. Smoking, obesity and lack of exercise are all factors that can be found in the communities that I represent. However, Wanless also says that a public health agenda always seems to come down to what we...

GP Referral Procedures (12 Jun 2002)

Mr Jon Trickett: ...refers to expected scenarios for the next 20 years and the possibilities of continuing as we are, a mild improvement, or a vision of a much healthier nation. He also refers to the fact that not smoking, nutrition and physical activity can contribute to a healthier nation. He holds out the vision of enhanced life expectancy within 20 years, and of an improvement in the quality of all our...