Bob Blackman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Blackman on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35653, how much Public Health England plans to spend on campaigns promoting the cessation of smoking in 2016-17.

Nicola Blackwood

Public Health England took over all the public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013, including smoking cessation.

Campaigns for 2016-17 promoting the cessation of smoking are currently ongoing. Final media costs will be available only after the 2016-17 financial year end, when spend has been confirmed and completed.