Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-270"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environment and health strategy2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.10.2-270"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-2712
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Stihler2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to thank the rapporteur. I welcome this proposed strategy looking at the connection and links between environment and health and I welcome the Commission's proposal. I would like to focus on the issue of indoor pollution and in particular passive smoking – I know Mr Rod has just touched upon that. It is apt that we discuss this report in the week that the Irish Government introduced a ban on smoking in public places, especially since the Irish Government currently holds the presidency of the EU. The Irish Government should be congratulated on its initiative to protect the health of all its citizens, including those who work in smoky pubs, clubs or restaurants. Breathing other people's smoke is dangerous for your health. Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 different chemicals. In the USA the Environmental Protection Agency has classified environmental tobacco smoke as a class A carcinogen along with asbestos, arsenic, benzene and radon gas. Passive smoking is a risk factor in childbirth and infancy, connected to low birth weight and cot death; in children it is a risk factor in asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia; in adults it is a risk factor in heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and nasal cancer. Estimates suggest that in the UK alone 8000 deaths through heart disease are caused by passive smoking each year. This is a serious issue and there is no way to escape the fact that passive smoking is bad for your health. I hope more Member States will copy Ireland's excellent example. I thank the rapporteur and the Commissioner for their hard work."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Stihler (PSE )."1

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