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"Mr President, after Mr Fatuzzo’s diverting speech, I would like to add my comments on the Katiforis report. I come from the south of Italy and I am sad to say that we continue, as always, to be badly served by airlines. I should have been in the Chamber for one of my reports – I am a shadow rapporteur – but I did not get here in time. In any case, I would like to point out here that this connection between smoking and health which we are continuing to make in resolutions on excise duties and State tobacco subsidies is inappropriate. There is clearly a connection between health and smoking but this is not the way to solve the problem. In southern Italy, particularly in Naples, contraband cigarettes are sold door-to-door and on the street: therefore, if we really want to boost the smuggling activity, the way to do it is to continue to wage war on this product. I would also point out that in some very poor areas with a high level of delinquency, such as the province of Caserta, tobacco succeeds in literally keeping
3 000 workers off the breadline, and these jobs would be placed in extreme jeopardy. Congratulations, Mr Katiforis, on your two-fold resolution which the House has endorsed almost unanimously."@en1
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