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  Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill - Second Reading
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of giving the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldbills/045/2002045.htm Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill] its Second Reading, which meant it could proceed to the next stage in the legislative process and eventually become the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020036_en_1 Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002].
  
  They did this by voting against changing the motion before the House from:
  
  :That the Bill be read a Second Time
  
  to:
  
  **This house, whilst supporting the aim of reducing the number of deaths from smoking, 
  * ''declines'' to give a Second Reading to the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill 
  * ''because'' there is insufficient evidence that its provisions will lead to a quantifiable reduction in tobacco consumption; 
  * ''because'' it does not allow for a mechanism for testing and reflection upon the assumptions upon which the Bill is based; and 
  * ''because'' it does nothing to combat the increase in the prevalence of smoking amongst teenagers and other vulnerable groups due to the growth in the importation and sale of illegal tobacco products.[1]
  
  An earlier Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill was   considered by Parliament in 2001-2002 but didn't become law.[2]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2002-04-29.683.0#g691.0 Liam Fox MP], House of Commons, 29 April 2002
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2002/en/ukpgaen_20020036_en_1 Explanatory Notes to Tobacco Advertising And Promotion Act 2002]
  
  
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