Tobacco Control Plan - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:26 pm on 23 November 2022.

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Photo of Lord Markham Lord Markham The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care 3:26, 23 November 2022

I am not aware of those figures, but the general feeling is that the savings to the health system would far outweigh them. I would always err in favour of doing everything we can to reduce smoking, whatever the impact on the tax we raise, because the savings on the health side are far, far greater.