§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people who(a) took up smoking and (b) permanently stopped smoking in each year since 1997. [122457]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for public health, my hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Ms Blears) to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Mr. Paul Flynn) on 6 February 2003,Official Report, columns 454-55W.