§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the last meeting of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health took place; and what was discussed. [3420]
§ Mr. HoramThe Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health last met on 15 October 1996. The committee received information on the progress of work it has commissioned on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer and on ETS and childhood respiratory diseases. The structure and content of the first report of SCOTH to the Chief Medical Officer were discussed and suggestions for the future work programme were considered.