7. United Kingdom Independence Party Debate: A minimum price for alcohol

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:18 pm on 9 May 2018.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 6:18, 9 May 2018

(Translated)

Thank you, Llywydd, and I formally move the amendment. I’m pleased to participate in this debate, because I do think it’s an opportunity for us to explain some of the principles at the heart of what we are discussing. I was reading an interesting article earlier today on the relationship between the price of tobacco in the US and smoking habits and on the population there. It takes us back to the 1880s, when production methods for the American Tobacco Company enabled them to corner the market. It then takes us through to the 1960s and the first medical reports on the dangers of smoking and the increasing taxation that came as a result of that. The conclusion of the report is no surprise at all: