Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-071"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.8.2-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Karl Erik Olsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Centerpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should first of all like to congratulate my colleague, Mr Maaten on the very fine work he has done on this report. Nicotine is an extremely addictive drug. The best thing about it is that it is not particularly dangerous to human beings. The big question is that of how it is absorbed into the body. When it is smoked, for example in the form of cigarettes, large quantities of tar and carbon monoxide are also inhaled, which is extremely harmful. What is more, cigarettes give off smoke, which is of course the whole point of them, and this smoke spreads to the environment. As a result, the nicotine is not only inhaled by the person who uses it and wants it in their body, but it also enters the environment, something which is extremely harmful. The gist of this argument is that we must try to restrict the use of cigarettes as much as possible, including of course the use of nicotine. We must reduce the levels of the harmful substances. We must warn people so that they smoke less and, perhaps most important of all, we must warn young people so that they never take up smoking. One point I think is important in this report is that we should treat tobacco products for export in the same way as those for domestic consumption. There is no difference between people in different parts of the world. It is therefore equally important, where other people too are concerned, to reduce the quantity of harmful cigarettes as far as possible. It is also the World Trade Organisation’s view that no distinction should be made in this connection. In the name of future world trade, everything ought to be included. This should be a fundamental principle. The date from which this is to apply is debatable, but that issue is really of lesser importance. Finally, I should like to say a few words about Swedish snuff. If, now, we had begun a discussion as to the way in which we were to permit the use of nicotine in the European Union and had, for example, three alternatives – cigarettes, cigars and snuff – we should certainly have had no trouble reaching the view that it was snuff which should be permitted, possibly cigars as well but definitely not cigarettes. It is not, of course, nicotine in itself which is so dangerous, and taking snuff does not have much effect upon the environment. It should therefore be simple to conclude that we should authorise snuff throughout the Union. I personally have great respect, however, for the inhabitants of other countries who do not wish to introduce a new manifestation of nicotine into their Member States, and I believe it is important that they get to keep the restrictions in force. Sweden’s experience of a restrictive drug policy has been extremely positive, and I should like to extend this policy further within the EU."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph