§ Mr. Molyneauxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what are the tar and nicotine yields for the cigarette brands containing substitutes marketed in July 1977;
(2) whether the manufacturers' estimate of tar and nicotine yields for the cigarette brands containing substitutes marketed in July 1977 will be included in his Department's tar and nicotine tables due for publication in the next three months.
§ Mr. MoyleGovernment assessments of tar and nicotine yields for cigarette brands containing substitutes are currently being made during the six-month testing period which began this month and will 633W be published in the spring of next year. The tables due to be published in October for the last six-month testing period cannot, of course, include the Government's assessment of brands just introduced, but in accordance with usual practice the manufacturers can ask for their own estimates to be published in the Government tables.