Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-14-Speech-1-037"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010514.4.1-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-14-Speech-1-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Torben Lund2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-14--2001-11-29)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to say that I think that this is a very important matter that we were dealing with today and that we must decide on tomorrow. I believe it can be said that there is no greater killer on the grounds of lifestyle than cigarettes. It was good that the industry did not succeed in getting Parliament and others to falter in connection with the legal basis. Now, we will actually obtain a reduced nicotine content and tar content in cigarettes, and we will also obtain some rules on the additives that the industry has used to date. These are substances that have helped to make cigarettes even more habit-forming than they would be without these substances. In actual fact, it is quite incredible that this method of production has been accepted until now. It is good that we are going to do something about it. I would also like to point out the new labelling rules – the new rules on warnings on packets. I believe that the rules that we will now have will make it difficult for consumers of cigarettes – and new potential consumers of cigarettes – not to be aware that cigarettes are actually very harmful to health. It is also good that we will obtain some rules on the specific positive designations that it has been possible to use for cigarettes, such as ‘mild’ and ‘light’. This should have happened earlier, but it is good that there will now be rules. I believe that these types of designation are very misleading and give a false impression. They create a false sense of security among consumers. Finally, I would like to mention exports. We have had a discussion concerning what I will call export hypocrisy in this matter. It cannot be right for us in the EU to sell cigarettes outside our own region that we believe are so damaging to health that they should not be used by our own citizens. There will be a transitional scheme for these exports. I do not think that this was necessary, but it was, of course, a political compromise. At any rate, we can be pleased that there is a time limit of a maximum of three years on this hypocrisy. I believe that, all in all, this is a good day for EU health policy, and one with which we can be very satisfied."@en1

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