HC Deb 14 July 1998 vol 316 c157W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died from smoking-related illnesses in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [50110]

Ms Jowell

The latest figures available in "The UK Smoking Epidemic: Deaths in 1995", by the Health Education Authority estimate that at least 121,000 people died prematurely as a result of their smoking in the United Kingdom in 1995.

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