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APPENDIX E
Extract from Hansard (23 January 1986)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown asked the Secretary of State
for Social Services what information he has as to the statistical
health hazards of (a) using Skoal Bandits, (b) using
cigars and (c) using pipe tobaccos.
Mr Whitney: Prolonged use of moist tobacco snuff
in the mouth has been associated with an increased risk of oral
cancer of a similar magnitude to that seen in pipe and cigar smokers
and comparable effects are anticipated with the recently introduced
Skoal Bandits.
In reviewing the evidence regarding the health
hazards of cigar and pipe smoking, the American Surgeon General's
report of 1979 concluded that although the overall risk is small
relative to the enormous risk of smoking cigarettes, the risks
of the less common, but very serious cancers of the mouth and
larynx, are similar to those of cigarette smokers, namely 20-30
times greater than those of non-smokers.
Extract from Hansard (30 October 1986)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown asked the Secretary of State
for Social Services when he intends to conclude an agreement
with the manufacturers of Skoal bandits enabling a health warning
to be printed on the containers of this product; and if he will
make a statement.
Mrs Currie: We hope to make an announcement
shortly.
Extract from Hansard (23 February 1987)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown asked the Secretary of State
for Social Services when he expects to be able to make an announcement
about an agreement with the manufacturers of Skoal Bandits about
health warnings on containers.
Mrs Currie: This is still under consideration
and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.
Extract from Hansard (30 November 1987)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Social Services if it is still his policy to conclude a voluntary
agreement with US Tobacco regarding the printing of a health warning
on packets of Skoal Bandits; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs Currie [holding answer 23 November 1987]:
Measures further to control Skoal Bandits, including a health
warning on the label and advertising material, have been under
review since last year. An announcement will be made as soon
as possible.
Extract from Hansard (25 March 1988)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Social Services why his Department is engaging in discussions
regarding health warnings on Skoal Bandits in the light of his
proposal to ban the product.
Mrs Currie: In accordance with the provisions
of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 my right hon. Friend is consulting
interested parties about the Government's proposal. Some months
will elapse before representations have been received and considered.
Should we decide to proceed, we propose that a further period
will elapse before the safety regulations become effective. While
these procedures are being carried out, we think it right for
the public to be warned of the health risks they run if they purchase
Skoal Bandits.
Extract from Hansard (29 March 1988)
Skoal Bandits
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Social Services, pursuant to the answer of 26 February, Official
Report, column 362, for what reason he proposes to
use section 11 rather than section 13 of the Consumer Protection
Act to ban Skoal Bandits; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs Currie: The Government are proposing to
ban the supply of certain oral tobacco products. Section 13 would
not be appropriate as it allows only for action to be taken against
named individuals or companies. Section 11 allows action to be
taken against products.
Extract from Hansard (30 March 1988)
Smoking
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Social Services what medical evidence is available to him
about the comparative health risks of (a) smoking cigarettes
and (b) ingesting oral tobacco products; and if he will
break down this evidence as between the different forms of health
risks.
Mrs Currie: I refer my hon. Friend to my reply
to my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Sir
D Smith) on 23 March 1988, at columns 153-54.
Extract from Hansard (26 April 1988)
Tobacco
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Social Services (1) what studies his Department has carried
out on the effectiveness of the Protection of Children (Tobacco)
Act 1986 in preventing the purchase of tobacco products by children
under the age of 16 years; (2) what evidence there is of
levels of usage by children under the age of 16 years of tobacco
products of the type he recently announced his proposals to ban.
Mrs Currie: Biennial surveys are carried out
by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys of the smoking
habits of schoolchildren aged 11 to 16. In 1986 it was found that
89 per cent of regular smokers in this age group claimed that
shops were a regular source of their cigarettes. In the same year
there were 17 prosecutions of shopkeepers for selling cigarettes
to children. Figures are not available on the use of oral tobacco
products.
Extract from Hansard (14 November 1988)
Smokeless Tobacco Products
Mr Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State
for Health if he will place in the Library the written representations
he has received in response to the proposed ban of certain smokeless
tobacco products.
Mrs Currie: I will write to my hon. Friend.
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