Results 1-5 of 5 for smoking speaker:James Purnell

Public Bill Committee: Pensions Bill: Clause 13 (30 Jan 2007)

James Purnell: ...improvement in inequalities, measured across a range of indicators, in the most deprived communities by 15 per cent. by 2008. That includes coronary heart disease, cancer mortality, rates of adult smoking and smoking during pregnancies, which I am sure will reassure him. Although I accept that there are limitations on what the current data can tell us, I am confident that our timetable for...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Smoking (Public Places) (6 Feb 2006)

James Purnell: ...2004. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State met representatives of the hospitality industry twice in 2004 to discuss the industry's response to the Government's proposals for restricting smoking in public places. I have, since May 2005, discussed the issue on a number of occasions with representatives of the tourism and hospitality industries. These included the British Hospitality...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Licensed Premises (24 Oct 2005)

James Purnell: ..., the Department of Health estimated that between 10 per cent. and 30 per cent. of those 58,000 establishments serve prepared food. Extensive research on this subject over the summer by Action on Smoking and Health suggests that the true proportion is towards the upper end of that range.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr James Purnell: Marlboro Lights, actually. That is the last piece of free advertising that I shall give any cigarette company. I started smoking when I was about 12. I clearly remember the influence that advertising had on my decision to start smoking as a teenager, which is not quite so long ago as it is for my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, North (Mr. Hopkins). As the hon. Member for Romsey (Sandra...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr James Purnell: ...that. It is not the only cynical action that the tobacco industry has taken. For example, the marketing to young people and the cocktail of glamour, Hollywood or sport to encourage people to smoke by association are all in its catalogue of cynicism. Furthermore, the industry denied the link between smoking and cancer. For as long as possible, tobacco companies tried to pretend that...