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230 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the moneys spent by his Department in each of the past 30 years on departmental advertising or other departmental promotions regarding the health risks of smoking; and the money paid out by his Department by way of grants in each of the past 30 years to health boards or non-governmental organisations to engage in anti-smoking campaigns or to undertake other appropriate action to discourage smoking. [12875/99]
The information which the Deputy has requested is not immediately available. I will contact him as soon as it has been collated.
231 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children when health warnings were first required on cigarette packets; the form of warnings either prescribed or agreed with the tobacco industry to apply since these warnings were first published on cigarette packets; and the years in which these warnings are applicable. [12876/99]
The requirement that packets of cigarettes bear an approved statement indicating the risk associated with the use of cigarettes to the health of persons first came into effect in May 1980 as per the Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales Promotion) Regulations, 1979.
The 1979 regulations prescribed three different types of approved health warning, one of which must appear on cigarette packets. These were as follows:
SMOKERS DIE YOUNGER
–ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND.
CIGARETTES CAN CAUSE CANCER
–GOVERNMENT WARNING.
SMOKING SERIOUSLY DAMAGES YOUR HEALTH
–GOVERNMENT WARNING.
The Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales Promotion) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986, revoked the 1979 regulations and prescribed five different types of approved health warnings on cigarette packets as follows:
