AQW 2839/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether a commitment to a smoke-free Northern Ireland by 2035 will appear in any forthcoming strategies.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 27 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 27 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 13 March 2020
- Answered
- 12 March 202014 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department’s 10-year Tobacco Control Strategy for Northern Ireland was published in 2012. While it does not have a smoke-free target date, it has the overall aim of a tobacco-free society.
The Department will, however, consider the appropriateness of a smoke-free target date for Northern Ireland in the development of any future tobacco control strategy.