Volume 1

Saving lives : our healthier nation / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty, July 1999.

  • Great Britain. Department of Health.
Date:
1999
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Saving lives : our healthier nation / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty, July 1999. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Appendix 1 A National Contract on Cancer Social & Economic Environmental People can: Take opportunities to better their lives and their families’ lives through education, training and employment Participate in social networks and provide social support to others to reduce stress, and to give them help to give up smoking Protect others from secondhand smoke and children from sunburn Local Players and Communities can: Tackle social exclusion in the community to make it easier for people to make healthy decisions Work with deprived communities and with businesses to ensure a more varied and affordable choice of food (including fruit and vegetables) Government and National Players can: Increase the tax on cigarettes by 5 per cent in real terms each year End advertising and promotion of cigarettes Prohibit sale of cigarettes to youngsters and ensure enforcement Seek to ensure cheaper supplies of fruit and vegetables Tackle joblessness, social exclusion, low educational standards and other factors which make it harder to live a healthier life Through local employers, make smoke-free environments the norm, with adequate separate provision for smokers and availability of smoke extractors where possible Tackle radon in the home (e.g. through direct advice from local authorities to affected householders) Encourage employers and others to provide a smoke-free environment for non-smokers Encourage local action to tackle radon in the home and to eliminate risk factors in the workplace (e.g. enforcing regulations on asbestos and encouraging provision of non- smoking areas) and the environment (e.g. air pollutants) Continue to press for international action to restore the ozone layer