Thank you very much. The introduction of legislation banning smoking in the grounds of hospitals in Wales does have the potential to play a major role in reducing smoking prevalence by denormalising smoking and encouraging smokers to quit, and I believe the same is true for the possibilities of banning smoking in school grounds and park playgrounds, and, indeed, many other places. I hope that we will build on the progress made to date.

But, I do believe that if, as a country, we are to make the most of this opportunity, it is very important to ensure that smoking cessation support is readily available within those hospitals for patients who want to quit. We know that several thousand people die from a smoking-related disease in Wales every year, and it causes around one in six of all deaths in people aged 35 and over. So, you know, it really is a major cause of ill health, and we need to prevent this and help our overstretched NHS. Of course, we have COVID-19 now, and we know that smoking is another risk factor for people if they get that condition.

So, there's already a strong need to provide smoking cessation support to smokers who are admitted to hospital, providing medical professionals with a golden opportunity to target those smokers who need smoking cessation support the most. I know the research from ASH Wales has shown that there is overwhelming public support for such a measure, with, I think, something like 75 per cent of Welsh adults in support of offering smokers staying in hospital help to stop smoking. In places like Manchester, it's worked very well, of course—there's the CURE project in secondary care treatment. In Canada, known as the Ottawa model for smoking cessation—under that project, all active smokers admitted to secondary care are immediately offered nicotine replacement and other cessation services alongside the treatment that they need, and, also, after discharge.

So, I do believe that as part of these measures that we're taking forward, and, hopefully, the progress that we'll make, it's important to consider these possibilities, these approaches, because they are proven to work elsewhere. When people are in hospital, you know, they're obviously readily accessible; it does provide an opportunity and, hopefully, they're amenable to these very important messages.