Health Bill

Does the hon. Gentleman not agree, however, with the Royal College of Physicians that one answer to the point made earlier by the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson)—my constituency neighbour—is that a truly comprehensive ban would reduce demand for smoking overall? The RCP pointed out that the comprehensive ban in Ireland led to a"““statistically significant increase in the percentage of smokers who banned smoking in their own homes after the smoke-free law was introduced””." So the more comprehensive the ban, the fewer the people who smoke, even at home, which is outside the scope of the ban.