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Public Bill Committee: Civil Aviation Bill: New Clause 1 - Responsibility of airlines for health, welfare and well-being of passengers (7 Jul 2005)

John Smith: ...is absolutely right that there is no causal link between flying and deep vein thrombosis, but there are no definitively established causal links between other public health areas, including smoking and lung cancer. The link is an   epidemiological link; we know that there is a statistical link between smoking and lung cancer, but the exact causal nature—people may be surprised...

Written Answers — Transport: Aircraft Air (21 Dec 2004)

Mr John Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the Civil Aviation Authority will classify as a major defect all instances of smoke or fumes in the aircraft cabin that adversely affect the quality of cabin air.

Air Travellers (Provision of Health Information) (12 Mar 2001)

Mr John Smith: ..., may still die. In the case of the asbestos industry and the asbestosis connected directly to it, it took decades to make the connection. Some would say that the public health hazards caused by smoking and its connection with lung cancer took even longer. My Bill proposes that we do not make the same mistakes again. We should undertake research now, but also take sensible, measured steps...

Orders of the Day — Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill: Referendum in Scotland (30 Jul 1997)

Mr John Smith: ...in south Wales—now, in 1997, not in 1937 or 1947—more than half the respondents thought that it was still dominated by coal and by metal manufacture, and was full of slag heaps and smoking chimneys. Nothing could be further from the truth, but that has impeded investment. People think that Wales, and industrial south Wales in particular, is a remote investment region in the...