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Picture of the day:Smoke and politics #1
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The tabacco industri employs 80 people and uses €5 million a year trying to make an influence on decision-makers in Brussels, according to the NGO Cooperate Europe Observatory. The numbers are published short after the … Continue reading U...
In Sweden, smokers have another option – Snus | Paul Haydon
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Switching from cigarettes to oral tobacco has helped Sweden achieve the lowest rate of tobacco-related diseases in EuropeI tried to quit smoking this month. I lasted a decidedly unimpressive five days. I have tried all the remedies – patches, gums...
Open Letter to All Anti-Snus Lobbyists
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Last week I and my colleagues in the European Parliament got an email from the lobbyist group Smoke Free Partnership. The lobbyists defended ex-commissioner Dalli who resigned over allegations of soliciting bribes for lifting the ban on snus in the E...
Electronic cigarettes: the future or the end of smoking?
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At a time of increasing suspicion vis-à-vis e-cigarettes, the UK government sides with this controversial type of product. The battle fought on the regulation of electronic cigarettes epitomizes the philosophical divide over health policy today and...
Tobacco and a public consultation: NGOs versus NGOs
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England Expects has written a blog post titled “Citizens versus NGOs“, quoting the summary of reponses of government agencies, NGOs and individual contributions from the recently published “Report on the public consultation on the ...
Article on Court After Interlaken
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The newest issue of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 21, no. 4) includes an article by Helen Keller, Andreas Fischer and Daniela Kühne entitled 'Debating the Future of the European Court of Human Rights after the Interlaken Conferenc...
ACP Group opposes to the approval of the draft guidelines on FCTC
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ACP Group opposes to the approval of the draft guidelines on Framework Convention on Tobacco Convention.During the 92nd Session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Council of Ministers held in Brussels from 8-10 November 2010, the ACP Group has re-...
Is Dalli really going to introduce a European smoking ban?
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"Commission preparing pan-European smoking ban" exclaims the EUobserver:"The European Commission is preparing to introduce legislation in 2011 to ban smoking in public places right across the union.[...]Health commissioner John Dalli has said [...] "...
EU smoking ban in the works for next year
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They've made tenuous moves in the past, but this time it looks like they're serious. Yesterday EU health chief John Dalli told a German newspaper that the European Commission will make a push to ban smoking in all public places, transport and workspa...
Tobacco control
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I spoke today in a debate with Laurette Onkelinx, the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and also Public Health Minister, who will be leading on health for the new Belgian Presidency of the Council of Ministers over the next 6 months.Specifically I wanted...
For a life without tobacco; for an EU full of tobacco producers
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This is a theme we've looked at in the past, but just to remind readers of the absurdity of the situation we shall return to it. The European Commission has just launched "a new and innovative animated web series called Helpisodes" as part of its €...
‘Fire safe’ cigarettes
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By 2011 all cigarettes sold throughout the European Union will be only self-extinguishing “fire-safe” brands. The proposal was approved on 2007 by all Member States and it means that for all cigarettes there will be used fire-retardant pa...
