Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:26 pm on 23 November 2022.
Lord Markham
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
3:26,
23 November 2022
I am not sure whether that question is for me, but I will try my best. As ever on these things, there is a carrot and a stick. Cross-party, we have introduced carrot measures—the anti-smoking campaigns—and stick measures such as pricing and restrictions. That has worked very well to date. We have halved the smoking rate over the last 15 years, and we must continue to work on carrot-and-stick measures to reduce it further.