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Tory MP and health secretary Victoria Atkins explains why she wants to totally ban smoking in the UK: Commons, 16/04/24
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17/04/2024
Tory MP and health secretary Victoria Atkins explains why she wants to totally ban smoking in the UK: Commons, 16/04/24
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For a moment, if I may, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like us to imagine that we're not
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in this historic and magnificent chamber, but we are instead standing at the entrance
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of a local hospital. A patient comes through the doors, struggling to breathe. Smoking
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sent their asthma spiralling out of control. A minute later, another patient passes by.
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Smoking caused the heart disease they're battling. A minute later, another person comes
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in. And then another. This vicious cycle repeats itself nearly every minute of every day in
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our national health system. Because here in the United Kingdom, almost one hospital admission
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a minute is the human cost of smoking. Smoking leaves people with premature dementia. It
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puts them in care, attached to oxygen for the rest of their life. It increases the risk
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of stillbirth by almost 50%. It is responsible for 75,000 GP appointments every month. And
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it takes around 80,000 lives every year.
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