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"Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioner and those who drafted this resolution. I think there is agreement that we need, both for financial reasons and for the welfare of our citizens, to do more about these diseases.
I was glad that Mrs Klaß mentioned the words ‘personal responsibility’. No matter how many fine words or how much legislation or whatever, if we do not actually encourage people to take responsibility for their own health, I am afraid that much of what we are writing and talking about will fail.
I think that we need to look at medical schools and the medical profession, as well as the pharmaceutical profession, because there is money in treating the sick. People go to their doctors when they are ill, not when they are well, and maybe that is where the problem is. If we went to a doctor in order to stay well and get advice on how to do that, we would have better outcomes. If we also got consistent advice on lifestyle choices, that would be excellent.
Lastly, could we better implement the smoking ban in this House and show some leadership?"@en1
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