§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take additional steps to publicise the statement in the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health at his Department to the effect that cigarette smoking is the cause of at least one death in eight among men aged between 35 and 44 years, one death in four among men aged between 45 and 64 years, and one death in five in the deaths of men aged between 65 and 74 years, in England and Wales.
§ Sir K. Joseph:These figures, which relate to the three main causes of smoking-induced deaths, have already been given considerable publicity. The Chief Medical Officer has discussed them in 279W detail with medical correspondents, and the figures and other information about the consequences of smoking will doubtless be used in future health education campaigns.