Results 1-7 of 7 for smoking speaker:John Greenway

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: The Bill is well intentioned. As my hon. Friend the Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) said, smoking is bad. Labour Members, in particular the hon. Member for West Bromwich, West (Mr. Bailey), have said much about how bad smoking can be, and mentioned the illness and death that it causes. However, the issue for many Opposition Members is whether the Bill goes beyond what is reasonable in respect...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: ...hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) is laughing, but the fact is that coupons tie people to a brand over a long period. There is a finely balanced argument about whether people smoke more in order to collect more coupons. If the Government's argument about price is justified, people cannot afford to smoke more, and the industry's research does not come to that conclusion....

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: That is a contradiction in terms. Many people have given up cigarette smoking—and the more the merrier. The people who collect the coupons are regular smokers who stick to the same brand in order to get their bone china or their television. The impact on their smoking habit is at most negligible. The industry has accepted that the Government want to ban the coupons, so to that extent...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: ...there is no link between that vulnerable age group and the activity that they want to ban, while other activities—as the House in general agrees—do encourage such young people to smoke.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: ...the damage that would be done if such sponsorships were ended. That damage goes way beyond any case that has been made by those who support the ban. I have made it clear that I personally regard smoking as a distasteful habit I would not worry if everyone gave up smoking. However, a ban on the promotion of any legal product raises a difficult issue of principle. That principle is conceded...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Greenway: The right hon. Gentleman mentioned sponsorship of sport. If there is one thing that we have learned from the debate, it is that smoking among girls and young women is increasing. Does the right hon. Gentleman really think that the sponsorship of darts by Embassy cigarettes encourages young women to smoke?

Drugs Missuse (8 Dec 1989)

Mr John Greenway: ...problem, especially in prisons, but what is so frightening about the use of crack and free-based cocaine is that it is not associated with the use of needles. Research suggests that young women who smoke, particularly in the United States, are more likely to smoke free-based cocaine and to use crack. There is no doubt that law enforcement has a major role to play in countering the...