Key Facts

• New Clause 29 would require health warnings on individual cigarettes.
• New Clause 30 proposes leaflets with health information inside cigarette packaging.
• New Clause 31 aims to prohibit branding elements on e-cigarette packaging that are appealing to children.
• New Clause 32 prohibits free distribution or sale of nicotine products to anyone under 18, except for licensed medicines or medical devices.
• New Clause 33 seeks to ban all flavouring in tobacco products and accessories.
• New Clauses 34-35 would enable regulation of prices and profits of tobacco manufacturers and importers.
• New clause 36 enables penalties of up to £5 million or a daily penalty not exceeding £500,000 for contraventions.
• New clause 38 allows raising the legal smoking age from 18 to 21.
• These measures aim to regulate prices and profits of tobacco manufacturers and importers.
• The Government's prevention Green Paper promised further action on smoking by 2030 but failed to deliver.
• Cancer Research UK projects England will miss its smoke-free target by seven years overall, with an even longer delay for disadvantaged groups.
• New clauses aim to tackle loopholes in tobacco regulations and increase public health funding through a 'polluter pays' levy on tobacco manufacturers.
• About one in seven adults smokes.
• There were 1,167 smoking-attributable deaths in Nottingham between 2016 and 2018.
• Cigarette pack inserts have been a legal requirement in Canada since 2000.
• E-cigarette shops offer vape liquids with branding targeted at young people.
• New clause 32 addresses the loophole allowing free samples of e-cigarettes to minors.
• In May 2020, there was a ban on selling tobacco with characterising flavours like vanilla, spices, and menthol.
• Between January 2020 and 2021, smoking of menthol cigarettes did not decline despite the apparent ban.
• Japan Tobacco made over £91 million in profits from menthol brands since May 2020.
• Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) estimates a comprehensive tobacco control programme would cost about £315 million annually.
• ASH's estimate for a 'polluter pays' levy is around £700 million.
• New clause 29 seeks to require tobacco manufacturers to print health warnings on individual cigarettes and cigarette rolling papers.
• New clause 30 aims to provide power for the Secretary of State to introduce a requirement for health information inserts inside cigarette packaging.
• The current regulations prohibit using inserts in cigarette packages due to limited evidence of effectiveness.
• A post-implementation review (SPOT) is underway to assess whether existing regulations have met their objectives and will be published before the end of the year.
• New clause 31 seeks to enable legislation for retail packaging and labelling requirements for electronic cigarettes, including health warnings and prohibitions on branding attractive to children.
• The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 include restrictions on marketing e-cigarettes and prohibit advertising in mainstream media.
• Regular youth use of e-cigarettes remains very low at about 2% of 11 to 15-year-olds (data from 2018).
• New clause 32 seeks to prohibit the free distribution or sale of nicotine products to anyone under 18, with an exception for nicotine replacement therapy licensed for use by under-18s.
• MP Peter Bone is addressing a point of order.
• New clause 31 seeks to change the current flavour ban for cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco to all tobacco products.
• Tobacco taxation matters are within Her Majesty’s Treasury jurisdiction, focusing on raising revenues and encouraging cessation through high prices.
• The Government aims to reduce smoking rates further by exploring additional regulatory measures in their new tobacco control plan.
• The amendment amends Section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006.
• It includes definitions from Sections 10, 96, and 97 of the Care Act 2014, and Sections 96 and 97 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
• The amendment also references Section 1 of the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995.
• New clause 39 would put on a statutory footing the requirement for integrated care boards to collect information on carers.
• New clause 40 aims to define 'carer' as unpaid carers only, not volunteers or paid staff.
• Surveys show that 55% of carers feel invisible to the NHS and 56% agree that health services do not share essential information with them.
• Carers already have legal rights to assessments and support from local authorities.
• In 2019-20, 376,000 unpaid carers were assessed, reviewed, or supported in England.
• New clause 40 introduces a definition of carer that includes young carers, parent carers, and adult carers to ensure they benefit from measures related to carers.
• Continuing healthcare is a significant source of contention between NHS and local authorities.
• Clinical commissioning groups have legal responsibilities to meet the health and care needs of eligible individuals but often fail to do so adequately.
• A Public Accounts Committee inquiry in 2018 found that NHS England does not ensure CCG compliance with CHC requirements.
• The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman warned in November 2020 about people being let down by CHC handling failures.
• The new clause requires regulations to ensure alcohol products display Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines.
• Alcoholic drinks must also include warnings about the dangers of consumption, especially during pregnancy, and the link between alcohol and cancer.
• A full list of ingredients and nutritional information is required on each product.
• There are no legal requirements for alcohol products to include health warnings or calorie information.
• About 80% of people cannot identify the number of calories in a large glass of wine.
• One in three people are unaware that it is safest not to drink during pregnancy, and an estimated 41% of women consume alcohol during pregnancy.
• A survey found that 75% of people want unit information on labels, 61% want calorie information, and 53% want sugar content displayed.
• The Alcohol Health Alliance review showed that only 7% of alcohol product labels display full nutritional information including calories.
• The new clause would mandate a yearly report starting at the beginning of each financial year.
• The report will cover support for tackling excess mortality, hospital admissions due to alcohol consumption, and disease burden from alcohol.
• It includes assessing the number of people identified as needing treatment who are actually receiving it.
• Each day in the UK, 70 people die from alcohol-related causes.
• Alcohol is linked to over 200 different diseases and injuries.
• The NHS spends £3.5 billion annually on treating alcohol-related issues.
• Only one in five dependent drinkers were believed to be receiving treatment prior to the pandemic.
• Between 2016 and 2018, more than two-thirds of local authorities in England cut their alcohol-treatment budgets, with cuts over 50% in 17 cases.
• St Mungo’s estimates that funding cuts meant 12,000 fewer rough sleepers accessed support in 2018-19 compared to 2010 levels.