Member

I will very briefly address Amendments 141 and 143 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, and the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley; I look forward to hearing from both of them. I wanted to attach my name to this, as I think it is an important message of starting at the point where we can do something to hopefully stop people smoking. We know, overwhelmingly, that people start smoking when they are still children. These two amendments would provide the possibility of putting warnings on individual cigarettes, which has been shown to be effective in Canada. Very often, when young people start smoking, the first thing that happens is someone gives them one cigarette. It is not guaranteed that a health warning on that will make a difference, but it is certainly a good step in the right direction.