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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, exactly 20 years ago, as a legal adviser in the office of the Belgian Secretary of State for Health, I had the opportunity to draw up regulations that led to the first national Decree banning smoking in public places in the then European Community.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have the feeling that, with the resolution on which we are voting tomorrow, we are now playing a kind of pioneering role here, too, in this field. The initiative in the Green Paper and the excellent report by Mr Florenz have without doubt shown us the way. Anyone reading the resolution can come to only one conclusion: the European Parliament is opting henceforth for a zero-tolerance policy on smoking.
An immediate ban on harmful additives is demanded, as is the effective application of product liability in respect of tobacco manufacturers – these are examples of sections that speak for themselves. An unrestricted smoking ban in public places, transport, enclosed workplaces – including catering and drinking establishments – is also called for here.
In this regard, however, my group believes that account must be taken of the decisions taken recently in a number of Member States calling for a high level of investment – which has not yet been written off – in a number of sectors. Account has to be taken of these, but our ultimate objective in the longer term – to be pursued consciously and without hesitation – must be an unrestricted smoking ban, covering these places too.
The wind is fully in our sails on this issue. If Eurobarometer and other surveys are to be believed, we have the full support of the people. To anyone who still doubts the need for intervention, I should like to point out that, since we arrived here in Strasbourg on Monday afternoon, statistically some 480 Europeans will have died from the effects of passive smoking.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have to take action against this. My group, too, intends to invest the maximum effort in this, and also to support all the supporting anti-smoking campaigns."@en1
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