Macmillan Igonred Smoking Warning...

"In the 1950s the Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan put the financial benefits of cigarettes over the nation's health, records show.

Then health minister Robert Turton advised the 1956 Cabinet to "constantly inform the public of the facts" of the link between smoking and lung cancer.
But Mr MacMillan, who was prime minister from 1957 to 1963, said the revenue from smoking was too valuable."

They talk about this as though its not happening now. He may have started it, but its been carried on ever since.

Linky here: BBC NEWS | Health | Macmillan ignored smoking warning

Typical politician behaviour unfortunately