HC Deb 03 March 1981 vol 1000 c87W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the cost to the National Health Service of diseases directly related to smoking in 1980–81

Sir George Young

An estimate recently made within the Department suggests that the annual cost to the National Health Service in England and Wales of in-patient care, outpatient attendances and GP consultations resulting from the main smoking-related diseases was about £115 million at November 1979 prices.

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