More than one in four Europeans smoke. Half of them will die prematurely, shortening their life by 14 years on average. From 20 May new...
Labour MEPs have welcomed the High Court ruling against tobacco companies on the eve of new plain packaging regulations coming into force. The court struck down...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today (4 May) ruled against Poland, Romania, Philip Morris and others on the future EU-wide prohibition on menthol cigarettes, the...
Under the tobacco deals the four largest tobacco firms together agreed to pay the EU and its member states a total of $2.15 billion, over the...
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has found the Barroso Commission was not transparent enough about its meetings with the tobacco industry. She called on the Juncker...
Amid all the furore yesterday (22 October) about the new Commission, the European Parliament also quietly voted against ending EU subsidies to tobacco crops. While on...
By Gilbert Ross, MD, The American Council on Science and Health, New York The EU’s five-year process of revising the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has resulted...