RESPIRATORY
LUNG CANCER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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£95 million
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£135 million
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£165 million
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£195million
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Detailed explanation-1: -Based on an average UK price of £11.46 for a pack of 20 in 2021, somebody who smokes 10-a-day will be paying £2, 091 per year. That’s the price of a nice holiday. Somebody who smokes 20 a day will be spending £4, 182 a year, which would buy a second-hand car.
Detailed explanation-2: -Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 7 million deaths per year.
Detailed explanation-3: -The UK is a world leader in tobacco control, but smoking remains our biggest preventable killer. In England alone, 78, 000 people a year-or 200 per day-die from smoking. In addition to the human cost, smoking costs the economy £14.7 billion per year, £2.5 billion of which falls to the NHS.