§ 38. Sir D. Walker-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further steps he intends to take during the present parliamentary Session to bring the dangers of smoking to the attention of the public and to discourage the use of tobacco.
§ Sir K. JosephEarly in the new year I shall be publishing a revised list of the tar and nicotine yields of brands of cigarettes on sale in the United Kingdom and the Health Education Council will be giving additional publicity to this list. The list will be banded in categories according to tar yield, and I hope this will help the council in its publicity. The council is also producing a new antismoking film designed for schoolchildren and will be mounting a campaign next year emphasising in particular the dangers of smoking during pregnancy. Next April I shall be opening a national conference in London which is being organised jointly by the Health Education Council and Action on Smoking and Health at which the whole problem of drawing people's attention to the dangers of smoking will be publicly discussed.