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"Mr President, I rise in defence of the workers in the industry. We have a large tobacco industry in Northern Ireland, Gallaher's Ltd. If this directive is adopted, at least 300 jobs will be lost. I have studied carefully what the Commissioner said to my colleague Mr Hume: "No massive job losses in this sector. It is not understood how a reduction in tar from 12 to 10 mg, as proposed in the present text, would have noticeable employment effects.”
The key difference, however, between previous and current reductions in tar ceilings is simply that previous reductions in tar ceilings were limited to the EU. Gallaher's has a 25% export volume. If this directive is adopted, 300 jobs will go. It must be said that the manufacturers will sell not one cigarette fewer than they do now, because they will transfer their business outside the European Union. Gallaher's will transfer its business to its Russian factory and the ceilings will be ignored, but we will have exported 300 jobs. The job losses in Gallaher's will affect workers about 47 years old on average. In Northern Ireland, if you lose your job at 47 there is not much chance of getting another job. This is my concern on this issue."@en1
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