Smoking increases the risk of developing dementia – up to 5% of dementia cases worldwide could be prevented or delayed by tackling smoking.

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Mukadam et al., Effective interventions for potentially modifiable risk factors for late-onset dementia: a costs and cost-effectiveness modelling study – The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2020.

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Action on Smoking and Health, Fifteen Smokefree Years: Public support in England for measures to reduce the harm of smoking, 2022.

Cancer Research UK, Smoking prevalence projections for England based on data to 2021, 2022.

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Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, The Khan review: making smoking obsolete, 2022.

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ASH and SPECTRUM representation to Spring Budget 2023.

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Action on Smoking and Health, Smoking and poverty briefing, 2022.

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Action on Smoking and Health, Smoking and poverty briefing, 2022.

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