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"Excalle"t "ows" is welco%&d by Will J14L
WalAoarave
The latest statistics, which show that onlY thr*&
in ton adults are
r 1 r amokerse wore welcomed &: good news today by
William
ud.aravot Secrotary of State f r Health.
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Comenting on the statistics, published today by
the Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, Mr Waldegravo
saIds 'The** now
f2 ures show that the number of smokers dropped by
two percentage
90 nts between 1958 and 1990. This trend is
excellent nows . We Vall
e building on this in our Health Strategy, which
aims to reduce
smoking by a third by the turn of the century.
"Only three in'ton adults are now regular smokers.
Those who have had
the good sense and determination to stop smoking
during this period
will already have reduced their risk of heart
disease. And in the
longer term, their risk of contracting cancer will
also drop almost
back to that of a lifelong non-amokar.
,I remain concerned, however, that women are not
stopping smoking in
the same numbers as men. Women carry articular
risks from the
smoking habit, not least because smoking in
pregnancy can damage the
unborn baby.
-That i1twhy we have given a special emphasis to
women's sookirig in
our hoa h education campaigns and I hope this will
soon start to
show up in the statistics. We also need to ensure
that the health
education message gets through to the less
well-off who are smoking
more than other groups.
"We will be considering the implications of these
figures very
-efully in the next few weeks, along with the
responses to our
car
consultative 'paper 'The Health of the Nation',
many of which have
drawn attention to the need further to reduce
smoking.
'The Government remains committed to ensuring that
the risks and
dangers are brought home to people who do smoka,
and that
non-smokers - particularly children - are
encouraged not trL
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"Excelle"t nowv* is welccq*d bv Villia&WalA&Vrave
The latest statistics, which show that only three
in ton adults are
regular smokers, were welcomed as good news today
by William
waidegrave, Secretary of State for Sealth.
Commenting on the statistics, published today by
the Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, Mr W41degrave
saids *These now
figres show that the number of smokers dropped by
two percentage
po nts between 1988 and 1990. This trend is
excellent news. We will
be building on this in our Health Strategy, which
Aims to reduce
smoking by a third by the turn of the century.
"Only three in 'ton adults are now regular
smokers. Thosie who have had
the good sense and determination to stop smoking
during this period
will already have reduced their risk of heart
disease. And in the
longer term, their risk of contracting cancer will
also drop almost
back to that of a lifelong non-smoker.
11 remain concerned, however, that women are not
stopping smoking in
the same numbers as men. Women carry particular
risks from the
smoking habit, not least because smoking in
pregnancy can damage the
unborn baby.
"That is why we have given a special emphasis to
women's smoking in
our health education campaigns and I hope this
will soon start to
show up in the statistics. We also need to ensure
that the health
education message gets through to the less
well-off who are smoking
more than other groups.
"We will be considering the implications of these
figures very
carefully in the next few weeks, along with the
responses to our
consultativZipapor 'The Health of the Nation',
many of which have
drawn atten on to the need further to reduce
smoking.
-The Government remains committed to ensuring that
the risks and
dangers are brought home to people who do amok&,
and that
non-smokers - particularly children - are
encouraged not to start."
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NOTWI FOR tDITOPf
11.27.1991 io... No. I
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1. A Press Notice an the contents of their Smoking
Monitor has been
issued today by the OPCS ftose Office, Tel&
072-242-0262.
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2. The consultative document 'The Health of the
Nation' was
published in June this year. A copy of the Annex
which deals with
smakinq is attached to this Press Notice.
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