Wales Facts & stats
Factsheet 1. Summary of public opinion survey YouGov Results 2009
Factsheet 2. Information on Smokefree Homes
Factsheet 3. Information on the Economic cost of smoking in Wales
Factsheet 4. Information on Tobacco Smuggling in Wales
Factsheet 5. Information on Young people smoking in Wales
Factsheet 6. Information on Welsh tobacco control legislation
Factsheet 7. Information regarding Young people accessing cigarettes in Wales
Factsheet 8. Information regarding Adults and Smoking in Wales
Factsheet 9: Total spend on smoking cessation medicines in Wales
Factsheet 10. Smoking and ill health in Wales
In This Section
Tobacco Industry quotes:
"It has long been common knowledge that along with the pleasures of smoking come real risks of serious diseases and that smoking can be difficult to quit. Governments throughout the world have based their tobacco control policies on this knowledge. In our view, an informed adult decision to enjoy the pleasures of smoking while balancing those pleasures against the risks is no more criticism that many other lifestyle choices we all make."
BAT, December 2000, Smoking and Health messages.
Recent studies have shown that over 80% of smokers start smoking before they were 18. A child cannot make an informed adult decision.
BAT Smoking & Health Issues
Statistic Snippet UK
Stopping smoking before age 35 can reduce a smoker's health risks to the same as those of a life-long non-smoker