Health: Oral Cancer Detection

Debate between Earl of Selborne and Earl Howe

Tuesday 6th December 2011 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

Yes, we are continuing to invest in tobacco control activities. The noble Baroness will know that in March, we published our tobacco control plan for England, which sets out a range of action points. We are running marketing communications campaigns, with a campaign currently on television. In the new year, we will be making Quit Kits available through pharmacies across England; in the spring, we will run a campaign to highlight the risks of exposure to second-hand smoke and to encourage smokers to make their homes and family cars smoke-free.

[The Earl of Selborne]

Will the Minister tell us whether the tobacco industry is giving full support to this campaign?

[Earl Howe]

It has raised no objection.