§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his most recent estimate of the number of deaths in the United Kingdom per annum caused by secondary smoking. [34045]
§ Mr. HoramIn its fourth report, published in 1988, the Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health estimated the number of lung cancer deaths in non-smokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke over most of their lives as "several hundred deaths per year".
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total annual cost to the NHS arising from illnesses caused by tobacco smoking. [34046]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Clwyd, South-West (Mr. Jones) on 12 June,Official Report, columns 187–88.