WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 31/10/13

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OPIN-2013-0232 Quit for Wales

Raised By:

Rebecca Evans

Subscribers:

Mike Hedges 04/11/2013

Mohammad Asghar 04/11/2013

Keith Davies 04/11/2013

Llyr Huws Gruffydd 04/11/2013

Alun Ffred Jones 04/11/2013

Christine Chapman 04/11/2013

David Rees 04/11/2013

William Graham 05/11/2013

Lindsay Whittle 05/11/2013

Peter Black 05/11/2013

David Melding 07/11/2013

Sandy Mewies 08/11/2013

Julie Morgan 28/11/2013

Joyce Watson 09/12/2013

Quit for Wales

This Assembly:

• notes that smoking kills more than 5,000 people a year in Wales, and costs the Welsh economy almost £800 million a year;

• supports the Welsh Government’s aim of reducing smoking rates from the current 23% to 16% by 2020;

• welcomes the Quit for Wales campaign, which calls for workplaces to promote flexible quit smoking support to employees, midwives and health visitors to be fully equipped to support pregnant women to stop smoking, and mental health service providers to be trained in offering service users appropriate help to stop smoking;

• commends the Welsh Rugby Union for backing the campaign.