Member

This has been an interesting debate on several distinct proposals for new requirements for the tobacco industry and for tobacco products. I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. I am also grateful to the Minister for bringing forward enabling powers to prohibit the supply of cigarette filters. As many noble Lords have said, research increasingly suggests that filters offer no meaningful reduction in health risks to smokers. As my noble friend Lord Young said, they could in fact increase the harm to smokers through encouraging deeper inhalation, but also through the environmental harm caused by them and their fragments.