§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward legislation to ban the renewed sale of imitation sweet cigarettes to children; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanExisting legislation covers items which can be shown to be intrinsically unsafe. While we deplore any attempt to encourage children to regard smoking as a game, we believe it would be very difficult to try to define in legislation confectionery products which might be regarded by some people as imitations of cigarettes. We believe the better course is for the Government, and groups of people concerned with the risks of smoking to maintain public awareness of these risks, particularly among children and young people.