England slips further off-track for smokefree 2030 target

England slips further off-track for smokefree 2030 target The UK government is almost a decade behind achieving its target for England to be smokefree by 2030, a new report published by Cancer Research UK reveals.

The report warns that, if recent trends continue, the target will now not be met until 2039. This is despite repeated warnings from the charity that data up to 2018 indicated the Government was already seven years off track.

The charity is now calling on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, to publish a plan for tobacco control. This must include more action to prevent young people from smoking, and more funding for the measures and services needed to help people quit.

See also:

• Government is almost a DECADE behind its target for England to become smoke-free by 2030 The Daily Mail
• Targets to make England 'smoke free' by 2030 will be missed by nearly a decade, charity warns Sky News