Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-05-Speech-2-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Structure and rates of excise duty applied on manufactured tobacco2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020205.4.2-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-05-Speech-2-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, smoking is dangerous both for people who smoke and for those in their vicinity. Even those who are not even born are harmed by the fact that their mothers or fathers smoke. Smoking is therefore very much a public health issue. We must therefore do everything to prevent people from starting smoking. I know what I am talking about, Mr Katiforis, for I, myself, have been a smoker. The words ‘public health’ do not even appear in the report. Mr Katiforis is a very intelligent and agreeable fellow MEP, but even intelligent MEPs are occasionally wrong. This time, Mr Katiforis is wrong. There is a lot of evidence to show that higher cigarette prices reduce the level of smoking. Less tobacco is consumed, and fewer young people begin smoking. In my country, the Public Health Institute has calculated that the one-off effect of the increase in cigarette prices in 1997 was to save 12 500 people from premature death, thanks to the fact that 100 000 people gave up smoking when cigarettes became more expensive. We are talking here simply about my own country, Sweden, which has only 9 million inhabitants. As is well known, taxes in Sweden are, moreover, significantly higher than in the EU generally. The arguments are therefore in favour of our being obliged to accept the Commission’s proposals. However, I do not believe it is sensible for the EU to support tobacco cultivation at the same time as great efforts are being made to prevent smoking and reduce the spread of cancer. We must be a little more consistent and not engage too much in double standards. I therefore hope that Parliament will support Mr Maaten’s amendment and, through it, the Commission’s proposal too, albeit in a somewhat stricter form."@en1

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