Smoking, vaping, diet and exercise

Gareth DaviesConservative

1 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

…30 per cent of bowel cancer cases in the UK are linked to a fibre-deficient diet, 11 per cent linked to obesity, and 7 per cent linked to tobacco. A combination of these behaviours will significantly increase your chances of developing the disease. So, could the Cabinet Secretary outline what action…

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Eluned MorganLabour

1 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

…through looking at the support that we have that can be effectively tailored to the individual. So, Healthy Weight Healthy You, for example, people can go onto that website and get fairly tailored support that will help them, for example, in their efforts to lose weight.

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Mike HedgesLabour

1 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

I thank the Minister for that response. Lifestyle and health are closely related, and the choices made about diet, activity, sleep and smoking can affect health and well-being. A healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of many diseases, improve quality of life and promote recovery. Improvement in…

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Eluned MorganLabour

1 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

We deploy a range of strategies to support people in Wales to live healthy lives. Not smoking, being physically active where possible and being a healthy weight are all positive steps we can take to prevent avoidable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes.

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Dr Paul Anderson

1 May 2024, Finance Committee

Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 4

…devolution, that policy or legislation passed in this place is then taken forward elsewhere. We had the smoking ban in Scotland. It was then rolled out. I think carrier bag charge started here and was then rolled out—things you can learn from other places. So, I think, on the horizontal parts…

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Sarah MurphyLabour

29 April 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Papers to note

…on proposals to introduce legislation to ban the supply of wet wipes containing plastics and single-use vapes. His statement informs us that the intention is for the ban on single-use disposable vapes to come into force in Wales on 1 April 2025, and for the ban on wet wipes containing plastic to…

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Sioned WilliamsPlaid

29 April 2024, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 3

…you've seen that are related to the provision that you have in Estonia—things such as child health, obesity, the mental health of children? Have you done any work or have you seen any work around those issues?

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Vaughan GethingLabour

26 April 2024, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

General Scrutiny

…and how people can make their own choices to improve their health and well-being, sport and wider physical activity is part of that. And, actually, when people get engaged in it, they often enjoy it as well, not just for the physical activity itself, but, actually, it’s the fact that you’re often…

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Vaughan GethingLabour

26 April 2024, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

General Scrutiny

We're still interested in the healthy food environment, and how you make—. This is the point about how you make healthy food easier and more accessible. There are lots of healthy meal deals available—lots of them. The challenge is what you do where there are less healthy options. So, there is an…

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James EvansConservative

26 April 2024, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

General Scrutiny

…in her previous role in mental health, was dealing with a piece of potential legislation on the healthy food environment. I'm just wondering where that is currently, because things have gone very quiet on that piece of legislation. Is that something that your Government's going to continue taking…

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Vaughan GethingLabour

26 April 2024, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

General Scrutiny

So, you're right, Jenny: diet, exercise, smoking and our relationship with alcohol are the four biggest drivers for ill health, together with some of our environmental challenges. So, not having clean air; there's a range of evidence now about the harm that does. And in particular the challenge…

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Jenny RathboneLabour

26 April 2024, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

General Scrutiny

…healthcare. So many of the conditions that people are waiting for operations for are ones related to obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, eating the wrong diets and the long-term consequences of getting diabetes, and the cost—17 per cent of our health budget is spent on treating people with diabetes…

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Jan Williams

25 April 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Swansea Bay University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate

…me—why not me?' So, it's little things, and, of course, we had such a big success on changing Stop Smoking to Help Me Quit. So, those are just a couple of practical examples, but Public Health Wales has national resources that can be applied, and, of course, the health boards now have the local…

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