§ Ms Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he is taking in Wales to discourage young people from smoking. [10917]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsIn partnership with other agencies, the Health Promotion Authority for Wales is taking forward a range of activities to discourage young people from smoking, including
a teenage smoking programme which involves the development of classroom education material, research into school no-smoking policies and the sale of cigarettes to under-16s, and monitoring of tobacco advertising activity;Smokebusters Wales—a club for young people aged nine to 13 who pledge not to smoke;life education centers—mobile classrooms for primary schools which, among other things, help to promote awareness of how the body is affected by tobacco;a smoke-free class competitionThe Government have also pledged to ban tobacco advertising and to produce a White Paper which will put forward a range of other measures to combat smoking.