With time running out, questions are being asked about where the EU’ s tobacco-products tracking and tracing initiatives are heading.Read More
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One of the ways in which tracking and tracing systems could be circumnavigated is through the trade in bulk tobacco, which is already increasing in the EU.Read More
EU smokers are abused by societies in ways that would be seen as discrimination if they were applied to other people; so it is well that a group is standing up for them.Read More
There must be a philosophical debate to be had over whether holes – in this case filter-ventilation holes – exist, and therefore whether they can be seen to be a problem.Read More
It is reckoned that if snus could be sold throughout the EU, 323,000 premature smoking-related deaths among men could be avoided annually. Is it time to set up an online ‘death clock’?Read More
Harsh austerity measures could lie at the bottom of some negative health outcomes associated with pollution in the EU, but most of the attention is focused on environmental tobacco smoke.Read More
The European Anti-Fraud Office says that last year it made significant progress in its fight against the illegal trade in tobacco products.Read More
A member of the European Parliament has said that some EU countries are not spending enough money nor expending enough effort on implementing tobacco-control policies.Read More
EU officials who need to interact with interest representatives have been given some succinct, practical advice by the EU ombudsman in the form of 10 things to do and 10 things to avoid.Read More
With the EU’s revised tobacco products directive firmly in place from tomorrow, tobacco-industry voices are saying that a proper reckoning must be made when the directive’s review is published in 2021.Read More
