Health Bill

Before the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, sits down, does he agree that, although Professor Sir Richard Doll certainly pointed out that active smoking was harmful, he is on record as having said that second-hand smoke did not worry him? Secondly, a magazine of a technical nature dealing with energy conservation—which is sent to many of your Lordships—has, within the past fortnight, pointed out that 24,000 people a year in this country die prematurely from inhaling traffic fumes. I am not sure whether that includes industrial fumes as well as car and lorry fumes, but that puts the most exaggerated claims of the ““passive smoking is dangerous”” lobby into perspective, does it not?