Smoking

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on smoking. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
17.07.2013	Plain packaging of tobacco products
	This note briefly sets out the background to the current debate in the UK on whether or not the introduction of plain packaging for all tobacco products will have a significant impact on levels of smoking. It also considers the European Commission's review of the Tobacco Products Directive (2001/37/EC), including the merits of extending the scope of the Directive to include the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes. Finally, this note considers the position in Australia, the first country to introduce this kind of legislation.
18.05.2012	Prohibition of tobacco display in shops
	The purpose of this note is to consider in detail both sets of regulations: the Display Regulations and the Specialist Tobacconists Regulations.
20.12.2011	Prohibition of tobacco vending machines - the regulations in detail
	The purpose of this note is to consider in detail the new Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines) England Regulations 2010.
15.06.2011	Overview of new regulations to ban tobacco displays in shops and tobacco vending machines
	The purpose of this note is to provide an overview of the tobacco control provisions of the Health Act 2009. More detailed information on the Display Regulations and the Tobacco Vending Machine Regulations are set-out in separate Library standard notes SN/HA/5537 and SN/HA/5536 respectively. The Health Act 2009 can be viewed in full at:
20.05.2011	Smoking in public places: the ban in force
	This note outlines the provisions of the smoking ban in England that came into effect on 1 July 2007, in a practical context, and sets out Government plans to further reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.

Research Papers

Date	Description
25.04.2007	Social Indicators
	Social Indicators. [Includes article on Smoking in Public Places and The 2007 Census Test and a Topical Subject Page on Waste and Recycling] House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/38.
08.12.2005	Health Bill : Part 1 Smokefree premises, places and vehicles (Bill 69 of 2005-06)
	The Health Bill:Part 1 Smokefree premises, places and vehicles (Bill 69 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/79
14.03.2005	Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (Bill 23 of 2004/05)
	The Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill. (Bill 23 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/22.
20.12.2000	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (Bill 6 2000/01)
	The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (Bill 6 of 2000/01). House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/97.

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
09.02.2012	PLAIN PACKAGING ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS
	That this House is concerned that every year in England alone over 340,000 children under the age of 16 are encouraged to try smoking for the first time; notes that research shows the ...
09.03.2011	TOBACCO DISPLAY BAN
	That this House commends the Government on its decision to implement the ban on tobacco displays in shops, which is outlined in the Tobacco Control Plan for England, published on 9 ...
01.03.2011	NATIONAL NO SMOKING DAY 9 MARCH 2011
	That this House notes National No Smoking Day is taking place on 9 March 2011; believes that smoking is one of the biggest causes of avoidable deaths and that it is the duty of Government ...
03.02.2011	NO SMOKING DAY 2011
	That this House congratulates the No Smoking Day charity on its 28th annual public health campaign, which will take place on 9 March 2011; notes that almost one million smokers made ...
06.07.2010	REVIEW OF SMOKING BAN IN PUBS AND CLUBS
	That this House calls on the Government to conduct a thorough review, supported by consultation with all parties and affected business sectors, on the impact the smoking ban has had ...