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Phasing out smoking will help Labour narrow life expectancy gap, say doctors
Doctors and public health campaigners have urged the new Labour government to ensure that plans for a smoke-free Britain sit at the “front and centre” of its domestic policy agenda. Labour was the first party to propose a policy of phasing out smoking, and …