Member

Regarding the concern about specialist tobacco businesses and a perceived lack of consultation—I think that was what the noble Lord said—I want to give reassurance that the UK is party to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and therefore has an obligation to protect the development of public health policy from the vested interests of the tobacco industry. To meet this obligation, we ask all respondents to disclose whether they have any direct or indirect links to, or receive funding from, the tobacco industry.