Results 1-18 of 18 for smoking speaker:Alan Johnson

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (2 Nov 2009) has video

Alan Johnson: Yes, of course. I just quoted Professor Robin Murray, who believes—I think it is absolutely irrefutable—that the incidence of schizophrenia among the cannabis-smoking population is much higher than among the rest of the population. The causal link is increasingly clear and will, I am sure, become well established in a very short time.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: Reducing smoking is a public health priority for the Government. We will bring forward legislation to remove the display of tobacco from retail environments and tighten requirements on vending machines. Both policies primarily aim to protect young people from smoking. Protecting young people will also be a key theme in our new tobacco control strategy.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome for our proposals. He has raised an important point. We know that there is an issue about young people smoking. On average, 10 per cent. of 11 to 15-year-olds smoke, but almost one in five 15-year-old girls smoke. They take up smoking—as most of us did in our youth—because they see role models and people whom they admire smoking. The...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...Shop campaign is the brainchild of the Tobacco Retailers Association, which is an offshoot of the Tobacco Manufacturers Association, which represents Imperial Tobacco, Gallahers and others in the smoking industry. The campaign is estimating the cost at something like—

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...despite the fact that the right hon. Gentleman is quite right about the huge response in favour of plain packaging, there is no evidence base that it actually reduces the number of young children smoking. We want to keep that under review, and when there is an evidence base for it, it could well be another important measure to meet our goal, which is to reduce the number of young people...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...—is this: young people are more receptive than adults to tobacco advertising; being exposed to tobacco advertising and/or promotion increases the likelihood that a young person will take up smoking; and large displays of tobacco convey the notion that smoking is common. In Canada, 12 out of 13 provinces have introduced this legislation—and they have introduced it because there...

Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...commitment. On health, we need to adapt to meet new challenges. An ageing population and the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as obesity bring different pressures on health and on social care. Smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise account for most of the disease burden in this country. The next stage review, led by my noble Friend Lord Darzi of Denham, set out how we would ensure...

Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...together community groups, retailers, employers, the media, schools, health services and national and local government to encourage people to lead healthier lives. We need to do more to tackle smoking, which still accounts for 87,000 premature deaths in England. Two thirds of smokers start before they are 18. I am genuinely perplexed by the approach taken on the issue by both the...

Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: Yes, pharmacy, on which there will be a report very soon. The response on the smoking issue is the biggest that we have ever had on any consultation. If the hon. Gentleman believes that one should simply follow the result of consultation—that is a rather dangerous belief, if taken to its obvious conclusion—he will support the measure in question. The overwhelming response from...

Written Ministerial Statements — Health: Tobacco Legislation (9 Dec 2008)

Alan Johnson: Smoking remains the single greatest cause of preventable death and is one of the primary causes of health inequality in the United Kingdom. The Government have an important responsibility to protect children and young people from smoking. We remain particularly concerned that in Great Britain, nearly seven in 10 adults who have ever smoked regularly say that they started smoking regularly...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Health Inequalities (4 Nov 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...group, who sometimes miss out because we are focusing on children's and adults' services. That transition period is very important. The biggest contribution is made by public health. This is about smoking—there are still far too many youngsters starting to smoke at age 16 and even younger. The Minister of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, South (Dawn Primarolo),...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Primary Care (22 Jul 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...with the worst provision—to provide new services and new centres, not only for GP services, although they will be GP practices, but for the facilities to screen, and to deal with issues such as smoking cessation and all the problems that health inequality encapsulates. That is not to say that we are not also giving extra money to existing GP surgeries, but we believe that we need new...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: NHS Next Stage Review (30 Jun 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: I send my congratulations to Bolton PCT. Again, here there is a mix between what is done nationally—for example, the smoke-free legislation that we introduced a year ago, which was not an easy decision to make—and the action that takes place locally. In my hon. Friend's constituency and mine, we see terrific initiatives to tackle deeply entrenched problems of health inequalities....

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: NHS (60th Anniversary) (24 Jun 2008) has video

Alan Johnson: ...to vast numbers of patients and staff in a clinical setting for the first time. For example, the discovery in the UK in 1950 by Professors Hill and Doll that there was link between lung cancer and smoking could not have happened without the collaboration between the NHS and the Medical Research Council. That discovery was followed by breakthroughs in hip replacements, in detecting...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Foresight Review of Obesity (17 Oct 2007) has video

Alan Johnson: I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. I do not blame earlier Governments. The Foresight report looks back at many, many years. A useful section considers the approach to smoking over the years and notes that although there has been a big public health success in that regard under Governments of different persuasions, it was preceded by a long route that began in the early 1960s with...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Alan Johnson: ...showed that 95 per cent. of stroke units now have most of the necessary elements for a good-quality service, compared with just 72 per cent. in 2001. Our efforts to improve public health—on smoking, fitness and obesity—have played a vital role in our quest to reduce the number of strokes. Since 1993, deaths from strokes have fallen by 30 per cent. for over-65-year-olds and are...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Alan Johnson: ...many strokes. We must ensure that better co-ordinated support is available for those at risk so that they are encouraged to monitor their blood pressure and cholesterol, take regular exercise, stop smoking and reduce their salt intake. We must refute the myth that strokes affect only older people. One in four victims are under 65. We must also promote awareness among communities that are...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Smoking (24 Nov 2005)

Alan Johnson: The Department takes the health and safety of staff and visitors to its buildings very seriously. As from 1 January 2006, all DTI buildings will become completely smoke free.