Cigarette Packaging

Baroness Jolly Excerpts
Thursday 25th July 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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The noble Baroness gives me the opportunity to make clear that plain packaging of tobacco is very much still in our sights; we have not decided to reject that option. I am sure that the psychology of marketing is one very important area that we will continue to focus on.

Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly
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My Lords, what better adviser is there for the Department of Health or indeed the Prime Minister than Cancer Research UK, whose only interest is preventing children starting to smoke? When did my noble friend’s department last speak to that organisation about tobacco packaging?

Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, I cannot tell my noble friend about the dates on which the department spoke to Cancer Research UK; I can tell her that we have very regular dealings with Cancer Research UK. CRUK made a submission to the consultation on the plain packaging of tobacco. I can feed back to my noble friend with specific details.