HC Deb 01 February 1978 vol 943 cc178-9W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he is satisfied with all aspects of the recent advertising campaign to promote part-substitute brands of cigarettes, in view of the possible effects of any smoking on health;

(2) whether any types of part-substitute cigarettes are not required to carry the Government health warning on their packaging or advertisement.

Mr. Moyle

As regards the Government's attitude generally to the marketing of cigarettes containing substitute material, I have nothing to add to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Pavitt) on 7th December 1977.—[Vol. 940, c. 748–50]. I am not aware of any breaches of the Code of Advertising Practice, which governs the form and content of cigarette advertisements, nor of the Labelling Code, which provides for the inclusion, without exception, of the Government health warning on all cigarette advertisements and packets, in respect of any brand of cigarette containing substitute material.