Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 7 December 2016.
Thank you very much, Minister, rather than Cabinet Secretary. Considering the cost of tackling and treating people because of conditions caused by obesity, considering the cost to the health service, however much is spent by the Government isn’t enough, and I hope that the Minister would agree with that. If somebody wants to give up smoking, there is a wide range of support available: nicotine-related products, support groups, there is also heavy taxation, of course, on produce, and the prevention of advertising and so on. As we can see that such steps have worked—have taken time, but have worked—and that’s reflected in the numbers that smoke now, does the Minister agree with me that we need to take a similar approach as we try to tackle this huge challenge in terms of public health, namely obesity?