@LBC @RichardSpurr 1.1m children live in households where one person smokes (an optional activity that deprives family of income). 400,000 children would be considered to be in poverty if smoking costs deducted from household income. https://t.co/FKS2M9pkj
@Pesopesopeso4 @scotlandpage @MarinaPurkiss 2/2 if smoking expenditure were deducted from household incomes, anther 400,000 children would be living in poverty (ie they are poor because their parents smoke) https://t.co/tJRw9EIOET
@rubenivangaalen Totdat het zover is vermoed ik aan de hand van eerder onderzoek dat armoede onder kinderen met rokende ouders die het niet breed hebben enorm zal stijgen. Belangrijk is dat de jeugd niet begint met roken. Daarvoor hoeft en pakje geen €60
@GidieRitzerveld Yes poverty is complex, but in this case it’s about households that would not be under the poverty line if no money was spent on tobacco. Results are explained in this 2019 ASH report: https://t.co/YjBKAbeUg1 Similar to a 2015 paper by Be