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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sylvia Heal (Labour), on Wednesday, 23 May 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 31 members in total.

Rothmans and Teenage Smoking

That this House expresses its alarm at the actions of Rothmans in sending unsolicited promotional materials to a 16-year-old boy; notes with despair the increase in teenage smoking which will lead to innumerable health problems in future years; and calls upon Rothmans to stop exploiting the vulnerability of young people in this way.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Rothmans and Teenage Smoking (1048A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Anthony Beaumont-Dark (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Monday, 11 June 1990. It has been signed by 2 members in total.
Leave out from 'expresses' to end and add, 'concern at the tabling of early day motions based on inaccurate information; notes that Rothmans (UK) did not send unsolicited promotional material to a 16-year-old boy but did so in response to a caller who gave the name and address of the boy and claimed that he was a smoker aged 18 or over; accepts that it is the practice of Rothmans (UK) to honour the terms of the Agreement on Advertising and Promotion it has reached with Her Majesty's Government under which it does not promote products to non-smokers or anyone under the age of 18; and calls on any Honourable Members who have wrongly criticised Rothmans to take early and appropriate action to remedy their mistake.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1048 
1048A1 
Session
1989-90
Subjects
Young people Smoking Rothmans
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk