HC Deb 20 November 1997 vol 301 c309W
Mr. Dismore

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost to local authority social services departments of assisting people suffering from disabilities resulting from tobacco-related illnesses in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.[15037]

Ms Jowell

Smokers generally suffer from a number of disabilities arising out of their having smoked. It is only possible to identify, from the current statistics, the cost of the type of social service provision being made to each client group and not the original cause which gave rise to it.