HC Deb 01 May 1980 vol 983 cc648-9W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men and how many women were treated for diseases other than lung cancer which are regarded as related to smoking.

Sir George Young

It is not possible to provide data on all forms of treatment, but in 1977 the estimated total numbers of discharges and deaths from NHS non-psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales classified under diseases, other than lung cancer, regarded as related to smoking were, respectively, 111,600 of men and 55,200 of women.