As a parliamentarian, Patel has been consistently supportive of tobacco industry viewpoints: in October 2010, she voted for the smoking ban to be overturned; in December 2010, she signed a letter requesting that plain packaging for cigarettes be reconsidered.
作为议员，她一贯支持烟草行业的观点：2010年10月，她投票决定推翻禁烟；2010年12月，她签署了一封信，呼吁重新考虑用于卷烟的普通包装。