Lord WALLACE of COSLANYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether it is their policy to encourage those people who continue to smoke to switch to cigarettes with a low tar yield.
§ Lord CULLEN of ASHBOURNEYes; but the first objective of policy remains to persuade cigarette smokers to give up the habit. There are several ways in which those who wish to smoke may reduce the risk; one way is to smoke cigarettes with a low tar yield.