Lord Harris of High Cross
Former Crossbench Peer
Former Crossbench Peer
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My Lords, in what has turned out to be rather a grim end-of-term scrap, I cheerfully declare my interest as a contented pipe smoker of many years' standing and a former chairman—now honorary president—of the smokers' defence group FOREST. Listening to these debates, it is tempting to resort to unparliamentary language about this gratuitous and time-wasting debate after Her Majesty's...
My Lords, I believe that it cannot kill the noble Viscount or anybody else. There is no evidence that it kills.
My Lords, the proof of my case lies in the total failure of ceaseless well-funded research by multiplying anti-smoking lobbies, over 25 years and 80 reports, to find persuasive evidence of harm to others that is consistent or statistically significant. My exposé is set out in a recent monograph called Smoking out the Truth, which included a direct personal challenge to the CMO. His response,...
Former Crossbench Peer
Entered the House of Lords in 1979
Left the House of Lords on 19 October 2006 — Died
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