{"id":134692,"date":"2024-10-17T09:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industry-pay\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:10:41","slug":"uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industry-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industry-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"UK doctors urge Labour government to adopt anti-smoking rules and \u2018make the tobacco industry pay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134692\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The group is concerned that funding could be slashed when the new government reveals its budget priorities at the end of the month. More than 200 UK doctors, professional groups, and advocacy organisations are calling on the UK government to commit to anti-smoking policies and funding, amid concerns that the new Labour government could soften its approach.<\/p>\n<p>In an open letter published in the BMJ, signatories urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour Party, which took office in July, to \u201cmake the tobacco industry pay\u201d when it announces its new budget on October 30, which will set spending priorities for the coming year. Those who signed the letter want the government to preserve anti-smoking plans that were introduced by the previous conservative leadership, such as crackdowns on black market sales and financial incentives to help pregnant smokers quit.<\/p>\n<p>They also want dedicated long-term funding for these programmes, as well as commitment of at least \u00a310 million (\u20ac12 million) over the next five years for anti-smoking efforts in lower-income countries. \u201cThe budget is an opportunity to set a course for a smoke-free country and cement our place as a world leader on tobacco control \u2013 government should seize it,\u201d said Dr Sanjay Agrawal, the Royal College of Physicians\u2019 special adviser on tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking is one of the top causes of preventable death worldwide, killing about 75,000 people in the UK and 8 million people globally every year. Across the UK, 11.9 per cent of adults \u2013 6 million people \u2013 smoke cigarettes, and excluding Northern Ireland, about 5.1 million people use e-cigarettes every day. Between productivity losses, health and social care, and other factors, smoking costs the UK about \u00a393 billion (\u20ac111.6 billion) per year, including \u00a313.5 billion (\u20ac16.2 billion) in public finances. \u201cThe status quo is unacceptable, and we need a bold and far-reaching package of measures to consign smoking to history,\u201d said Dr Charmaine Griffiths, head of the British Heart Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Labour leaders have already said they will reintroduce a bill that would ban anyone born after January 2009 from buying cigarettes and are reportedly considering a ban on smoking at some outdoor venues, including pub gardens and restaurant terraces. Even so, the group is worried that funding for tobacco control initiatives could be cut from \u00a330 million (\u20ac36 million) to \u201cmore than \u00a320 million\u201d (\u20ac24 million) per year in the new budget.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/10\/17\/uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industr\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/10\/17\/uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industr\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/uk-doctors-urge-labour-government-to-adopt-anti-smoking-rules-and-make-the-tobacco-industry-pay\/\">UK doctors urge Labour government to adopt anti-smoking rules and \u2018make the tobacco industry pay\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16538,579,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-134692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anti-smoking-rules","tag-uk","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}