§ 59. Mr. Woodburnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what study he has made of the Report of the United States Federal Trade Commission showing the relative tar and nicotine content of all brands of cigarettes and advising smokers of the varying degrees of risk of disease, a copy of which has been sent to him; and whether he will publish comparable tables of the tar and nicotine content of each brand of cigarette on sale to the public in this country.
§ Mr. CrossmanI am aware of the American practice and am keeping it under constant review.
§ 60. Mr. Woodburnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what study has been made by his Department of the value of various filters in reducing the cancer risk from cigarette smoking; what correlation his research has shown between the risk of lung cancer and the higher concentrates at the end of 10W cigarettes; and what advice he has issued on the dangers of the exhaustive smoking of each cigarette.
§ Mr. CrossmanI am advised that such studies are in progress though none is being undertaken directly by my Department. There is some evidence from studies in the United States to suggest that a cigarette with a filter is less dangerous than a similar one without a filter, and also that the last part of a cigarette is particularly dangerous.