Smoking youth 'pressing problem’
NZPA staff correspondent London , One-third of all Britons smoked regularly by the time they were aged 19, , the Government’s chief ■ Medical Officer, Dr, Donald Acheson, said in his annual report The need to reduce teen-age smoking was one of the most pressing problems facing the health service, he said. Smoking caused 100,000 deaths a year in Britain but was an avoidable hazard, Dr Acheson said. His report, for 1984, also noted that food poisoning cases had risen by 2500, to nearly 20,000, and that drug addiction — as measured by notified cases — was up 25 per cent Alcohol consumption had also increased, everyone aged over 15 drinking 8.9 litres a year. Heart disease remained » the main killer of Britons, j. followed by lung cancer j' among men and strokes L among women.
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Press, 12 February 1986, Page 24
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