England predicted to miss target of becoming smoke-free by 2030

Call for more government action as figures show smoking much higher among poor

The government is expected to miss its targetof England being smoke-free by 2030 because so many poorer people are still using cigarettes, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has warned.

Matt Hancock, the health secretary, set that ambition in last year’s green paper on health prevention which spelled out his determination to “finish the job” of eradicating smoking, including an ultimatum for industry to make smoked tobacco obsolete by 2030.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2w0q2Nh