Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-11-Speech-1-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tobacco products2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001211.3.1-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-11-Speech-1-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:James (Jim) Fitzsimons2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, it is fair to say that we have a moral obligation to fully inform the 30 million consumers of the European Union about the public health dangers of cigarettes. Indeed, as a Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy I have been strongly lobbied by various groups about the need to regulate more strictly the sale and presentation of tobacco products in Europe. I welcome the amendments which were passed in our committee recently, which sought to increase warnings to the general public about the dangers of smoking. Amendments approved by our committee were to increase the size of the general warnings such as "smoking kills", on the front of cigarette packages from 25 to 30% and to increase the size of additional warnings on cigarette packages from 25 to 40%. Examples of the additional warnings supported by the Committee for inclusion on cigarette packages are: "half of smokers die younger"; "smoking causes fatal lung cancer"; "smoking is highly addictive"; "get help to stop "; and "protect children, do not make them breathe your smoke". Our committee also believes that warning messages should be attached to vending machines. Research has shown that the greater the size of the public health warning on cigarette packets, the greater the reduction in the level of cigarette smoking. The results of the research on that matter are so clear that it would be wrong for us, as European Union legislators, not to follow such advice. We need to send out a strong message about smoking to the 370 million consumers of the European Union and we are going to give our children and smokers all the necessary public warnings about the health dangers of cigarette smoking. In conclusion, since the Treaty of Amsterdam the European Parliament has the power of coordination over environmental and consumer protection matters, and it will, of course, work closely with the Council and the Commission in this regard. We regard this procedure as an important legislative weapon of Parliament's arsenal and we intend to use it. I compliment the rapporteur on the report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2000-03-01--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Fitzsimons (UEN )."1

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