HC Deb 24 June 2004 vol 422 c1471W
Julie Morgan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of smoking-related illnesses and fatalities. [180259]

Mr. Boateng

The White Paper Smoking Kills (1998) estimated the cost to the NHS of treating ill-health caused by smoking was £1.7 billion a year.