Health Committee

MSPs took evidence on proposed legislation on 4 November 2009 which will make buying cigarettes illegal for people under the age of 18.
The Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Bill would also allow police to seize cigarettes from teenagers, as they currently can with alcohol.
The committee heard from Danielle Rowley, a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, David Roderick, chairman of the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland, David Woodrow from the National Federation of Newsagents and Andrew Barker from the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.