Results 1-17 of 17 for smoking speaker:Ian Gibson

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Finance (12 Mar 2008)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on smoking cessation services in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Finance (11 Mar 2008)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was allocated to smoking cessation services in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Orders of the Day — Health Bill: New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions (14 Feb 2006)

Ian Gibson: ...at the age of 90? In 1954, he produced the first paper that showed the increased mortality of heavy smokers. He also showed that people could live longer depending on the age at which they gave up smoking.

Orders of the Day — Health Bill: New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions (14 Feb 2006)

Ian Gibson: Is my right hon. Friend astonished that a prominent Opposition Member who extols tobacco smoking across the world and makes a tidy sum from the products of that industry is not present today?

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

Ian Gibson: ...years since the epic work of Sir Richard Doll, who sadly died this year, to do something about the problem? The Conservative party was in office for a large part of that time and did nothing about smoking, although the evidence for second-hand smoking and smoking among doctors existed since the work of Richard Doll. Has that failure anything to do with the dirty tricks campaign of the...

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (22 Jun 2005)

Ian Gibson: ..., but it gives people the chance to get further treatment, and it prevents many things from happening. While that is all going on, we are worried about lifestyle illnesses, such as obesity and smoking. Those issues are taking up a lot of time, and prevention is getting much more of a hearing than ever before. I welcome that; because of it, down the line less money perhaps will be needed by...

Genetically Modified Crops (5 May 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...some of the chemicals that are used on them, but that has been well documented. The public and scientists have a different concept of risk. The public react to risk in very unpredictable ways—smoking is an example—and the scientists sometimes demonstrate arrogance and are too assured about new technologies. That must sometimes be challenged, and it is challenged by the...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (1 Apr 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the evaluation being carried out by the NHS to verify whether those who stop smoking through the NHS stop smoking services have managed to remain non-smokers will be (a) completed and (b) published.

Gulf War Illness (5 Feb 2003)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...interested, as we have had these debates many times. Epidemiological evidence must be taken seriously, and it is often hard to prove: let us remember how long it took to prove the associations of tobacco and smoking through epidemiological technologies. My hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, South-East (Dr. Iddon) has also referred to the work that has gone on in the United States on the...

Cancer Networks (6 Nov 2002)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...was the need to invest in specialist staff, research and preparation for the genetics revolution that is with us now, and to adapt to all the major changes taking place. There were commitments to reduce smoking rates and waiting times, and to improve access to hospitals, hospices and palliative care. Since the publication of that plan, we have seen initiatives such as a ban on tobacco...

Air Passengers (16 Jan 2001)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...the fresh air problems and so on. The House of Lords Select Committee was not heavy on any of those issues and, while recognising that they needed to be looked at, it did not make a strong case. Smoke odours and smells are also a problem in airliners. There are about 180 incidents a year when a puff of smoke comes through the cabin and passengers are told, "It is nothing, sir. We will sort...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Transport and the Regions: Aircraft Fumes (16 Jan 2001)

Dr Ian Gibson: If he will list the types of aircraft which exude smoke odours and fumes into their cabins. [143972]

Lung Cancer (Women) (14 Mar 2000)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...the same period. Nearly one half of all new lung cancer cases are women. The problem must be addressed. I believe that the problem has arisen because of the increasing propensity of young women to smoke cigarettes. Women in the United States are twice as likely as men to develop lung cancer, despite the fact that women smoke less than men and women smokers inhale less deeply than men...

Orders of the Day — Lone Parents (Benefits) (23 Apr 1999)

Dr Ian Gibson: ..., researched and understood, but another feature has emanated from some prominent and brilliant research by Dorsett and Marsh of the Policy Studies Institute —80 per cent. of lone parents smoke. In comparison, only 20 per cent. of better-off young women in a similar age group smoke. I contend that no tobacco company could ever have achieved such a figure by pushing for the...

Prayers: Doctors (4 Nov 1998)

Dr Ian Gibson: ..., "Why this treatment and not that one?" Demands will be made, based on public knowledge, for the best treatments available. Individual patients will need to receive advice on what happens if they smoke or eat this or that. The effects of global warming on disease patterns will also require local, national and international programmes of health management. As yet, few GPs or consultants...

Points of Order (8 Jun 1998)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...who have produced the report that will be presented tomorrow that they are independent of any tobacco companies. Their report will play a major part in the production of the White Paper on tobacco smoking and the protection of young people—indeed, all people—from hazards to the health of the people of our nation.

Opposition Day: Cancer Research (9 Feb 1998)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...and diet are strong influences in the differentiation between the classes, and therefore need further investigation. After all, it was in Britain that the definitive research into the link between smoking and lung cancer was carried out. The Food Standards Agency will offer support with diet and its link on cancers. Cancer medicine requires a rigorous, reductionist, analytical approach to...