SMOKELESS TOBACCO(2)

Early day motion 261, tabled 10 December 2003 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 15 members.

That this House welcomes the confirmation from Cancer Research UK Action on Smoking and Health and the Royal College of Physicians that some forms of smokeless tobacco are between 500 and 1,000 times less hazardous than smoking tobacco; agrees with the conclusion that, if Britain followed the Swedish pattern of smokeless tobacco use, tobacco-related deaths among men would be cut by 44,000 a year; and urges the Government to end the ban on the sale of snus which will allow inveterate smokers access to a safer alternative that would add several years to their life expectancies.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 3, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.