HC Deb 19 May 1978 vol 950 c313W
Dr. Phipps

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths are attributed to the effects of smoking in the United Kingdom on an annual basis.

Mr. Moyle

The White Paper "Prevention and Health" (Cmnd. 7047) published on 15th December 1977, gave an estimated total of the order of 50,000 such deaths per year—paragraph 49.