Tobacco: Retail Trade
(asked on 17th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the cumulative effect of tobacco control measures on small retailers over the last 10 years.
This question was answered on 27th February 2017
The Department reviews the impact of tobacco control measures on an ongoing basis, including by statutory requirement, as part of its policy development. The impact of individual measures is also assessed in advance of implementation through impact assessments, which are made publically available.