Despite decades of efforts to counter the problem, smoking remains a major public health risk for Europeans as the number of smokers in the world has...
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...
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, strongly regrets that the European Commission has chosen not to make its dealings with the tobacco industry more transparent in line...
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...
On 25 September, the French government outlined new legislation (1) to introduce standardised packaging for cigarettes following Ireland (2) and the UK’s recent initiatives (3). If...