Articles tagged with European Commission
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EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden
EU Tobacco Products Directive a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden
The latest EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) report makes no attempt to understand why the one EU country where snus is legal also has the EU’s lowest smoking rates. The TPD 2021 Application Report, published by the European Commission on May 20 as requi...
Health
Swedish MEP calls out Commission ‘dishonesty’ on snus and cancer
Swedish MEP calls out Commission ‘dishonesty’ on snus and cancer
Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal believes the European Commission’s “ideological opposition” to all tobacco and nicotine leaves ignorant on the science on Swedish snus and cancer. And progress on the EU’s Beating Ca...
Regulations
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Measuring the outcome of five years of plain tobacco packaging in Australia
Australia has the world's highest tax on tobacco and the world’s strictest regulation of tobacco products, but more people smoke today than in 2013, while the black market has captured 20 percent of sales. ...