Tobacco Addiction

HC Deb 03 February 1987 vol 109 cc649-51W

Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent in Scotland in the last

Gestation		Total Births	Stillbirths	Perinatal Deaths
	Rate		(.)	(.)
42 +	Number	—	—	—
Not Known	Rate Number	14	2	5
All Gestations	Number	1,360	26	84
	Rate		19.1	61.8

Mr. Lewis Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for (a) singleton and (b) all births to residents in Scotland the total number of live births and the number and rate per 1,000 of neonatal deaths, postneonatal deaths and infant deaths with congenital malformations (ICD 749 to 759) as to their underlying cause, tabulated according to the following gestational ages: (i) under 22 weeks, (ii) 22 to 24 weeks, (iii) 25 to 27 weeks, (iv) 28–31 weeks, (v) 32 to 36 weeks, (vi) 37 to 41 weeks, (vii) 42 weeks plus and with (viii) unstated gestational age.

Mr. John MacKay

The available information is set out in the table.

calendar year for which figures are available on curing people addicted to tobacco smoking; and if he will give a breakdown of this figure.

Mr. Rifkind

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths were recorded in Scotland from diseases normally associated with tobacco smoking in the last calendar year for which figures are available.

Mr. Rifkind

In a report published in 1983, the Royal College of Physicians estimated that at last 90 per cent. of deaths from lung cancer, bronchitis and obstructive lung disease are attributable to smoking, and that perhaps 20 per cent. of coronary heart disease deaths are related to smoking.

The table shows the total deaths in Scotland in 1985 from these causes.

ICD1 Nos	Deaths in Scotland, 1985	Number
162	Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (lung cancer)	4,307
490–492	Bronchitis and emphysema (bronchitis)	969
496	Chronic airways obstruction, not elsewhere classified (obstructive lung disease)	1,480
410–414	Ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease)	18,758
1 International Classification of Diseases.

Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital beds were taken up by patients suffering from diseases normally associated with tobacco smoking in the last calendar year for which figures are available.

Mr. Rifkind

The three major diseases generally accepted to be associated with tobacco smoking are ischaemic heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory conditions. The average daily number of beds in Scottish general hospitals occupied by patients with these conditions was 823 for 1985, the latest year for which the information is available.

Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent in Scotland on research into cures for tobacco addiction in the last calendar year for which figures are available.

Mr. Rifkind

Although the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Health Education Group are at present funding several research projects directly related to smoking, they are not currently funding any research in Scotland specifically related to cures for tobacco addiction. Information about independent research conducted by universities and other bodies is not held centrally.