Although smoking rates in the UK are going down, a growing population means there are still about 6.4 million smokers in the UK.
Cancers caused by smoking have reached an all-time high of 160 new cases per day, a charity has warned.
The new round-up also includes cases of breast cancer after Cancer Research UK said it was confident in the scientific research showing the effects of smoking on risk for that disease.Tobacco is known to cause 16 different types of cancer, with lung cancer alone causing 33,000 cases annually. “Raising the age of sale of tobacco products will be one of the biggest public health interventions in living memory, establishing the UK as a world leader.
“We are committed to creating a smoke-free country, so the next generation can never legally be sold cigarettes.
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