HL Deb 28 February 2003 vol 645 c72WA
Baroness Gale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What representations they have received from the tobacco industry on measures to protect non-smokers. [HL1526]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The independent Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health is currently considering a series* of scientific reports submitted from the Tobacco Manufacturers Association entitled "Revisiting the Association between Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Lung Cancer Risk" authored by John S Fry, Barbara Forey and Peter N Lee, published in Indoor Built Environment 2002, Volumes 9–11.

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I The Dose-Response Relationship with Amount and Duration of Smoking by the Husband

II Adjustment for the Potential Confounding Effects of Fruit, Vegetables, Dietary Fat and Education

III Adjustment for the Biasing Effect of Misclassification of Smoking Habits

IV Investigating Heterogeneity between Studies

V Overall Conclusions