§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Following the recent assertion by the Health Minister that the bill for treating people with smoking-related diseases was now estimated to be between £1.4 and £1.7 billion per annum, what proportion of those so treated were smokers.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe estimate of £l.4–£1.7 billion is the expenditure incurred by smokers because they smoke. Hence all those whose treatment incurred this expenditure are smokers.
Expenditure on diseases to which smoking makes some contribution ("smoking related diseases") is necessarily higher.
§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, following the publication of revised estimated costs to the NHS of smoking, they will publish the costs to the NHS of other lifestyle activities, including the costs of illness, injury, deaths and adverse social consequences (including murder and assault) from the effects of alcohol and diseases (especially respiratory diseases) and accidents arising from the use of motor vehicles.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is not available in the form requested.