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One week to go – call for action on alcohol and tobacco in Budget 24
Fresh and Balance are calling for decisive action to reverse harm from alcohol and tobacco in this year’s autumn budget. They join health leaders across the country calling on the Chancellor to use the budget as a way of improving the nation’s health while also plugging highly publicised gaps in the public purse. Tobacco and alcohol are straining the public resources, costing the North East nearly £4 billion a year combined – with £2.35bn costs from smoking and £1.5 billion from alcohol. This includes costs to families and individuals, the NHS in healthcare and hospital admissions, social care for local authorities, costs to emergency services in crime and disorder (alcohol) and costs to the economy through sickness and lost employment prospects.
