PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Tobacco: Packaging (26 October 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of plain cigarette packaging on smoking rates.
Asked by:
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Asked by:
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Answer
The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 came into force on 20 May 2016. The Government consulted on the introduction of standardised packaging and published an impact assessment, which included benefits to public health. The Government will review these regulations by 2021 .
Answered by:
Steve Brine (Conservative)
3 November 2017
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