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[Eastern Europe, Europe] Tobacco smugglers thrive on EU's eastern border

Prohibitive prices of cigarettes and alcohol encourage smuggling, according to participants at a recent conference in Warsaw on smuggling across the EU's eastern border. EurActiv Poland reports. The conference, organised by EurAcitv Poland with the supp
EurActiv
added Feb 12, 2013 07:09
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[Europe, Sweden, UK] EDITORIAL: Two steps forward, one step back ($$)

Smokers and e-cigarette users can expect to get up to 20mg of nicotine per day and, at that dose, nicotine appears to have minimal effects on physical health for the large majority of people. Millions of people in Sweden use a form of tobacco called snu
Times Of London (uk)
added Jan 28, 2013 17:28
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[Europe] EU plans to increase cigarette warnings

Tobacco companies would be required to print much bigger warning labels on cigarette packets, and would not be allowed to sell menthol and other flavours that appeal to youngsters, under a new proposal from Brussels.
Financial Times (uk)
added Dec 20, 2012 06:25
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[Europe] EDITORIAL: The Dalli case is not ‘closed’

The report compiled by the EU’s anti-fraud agency, OLAF, which led to the departure of John Dalli from the European Commission, must be published immediately. The issue will not go away until there is full disclosure.
Times of Malta (mt)
added Oct 29, 2012 16:26
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[Europe] Kessler flip-flops on key tobacco control issue

Kessler said to the Italian Parliament, that “stripped of branding, the packet … can be more easily counterfeited” (translation from Italian). What is even more interesting is that Kessler told the Italian Parliament that OLAF does not have an official p
New Europe
added Oct 25, 2012 10:19
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[Europe] Tough warning pictures will be printed on packs of cigarettes in Estonia

Estonian Social Ministry is compiling tobacco policy Green Book that will include a proposal, based on an EU directive, to "adorn" packs of cigarettes with tough warning pictures
The Baltic Course (uk)
added Oct 19, 2012 08:01
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Additives add to the health hazards of cigarettes - Sixteen European countries jointly warn about this

tobacco additives have a substantial impact on public health by making health-hazardous products more attractive. Smoking is a major cause in the development of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory diseases. In Europe, nearly 700,000 people di
HealthCanal.com
added Sep 14, 2012 08:06
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Addiction on the rise in Europe

News-Medical.net
added May 10, 2012 21:04
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[Europe, Malta] EU told to double tax on smoking

Tobacco industry lobbying for ‘status quo’
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 8, 2012 11:20
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[Czech Republic, Europe, Poland] Týden: Poles sell extremely cheap leaf tobacco in CzechRep

A Polish company is running a network of "Eko natural" shops selling extremely cheap tobacco leaves, which are not subject to excise tax, on the verge of law in the Czech-Polish border area in north Moravia, the weekly Tyden out Monday writes. It says a
Prague Daily Monitor (cz)
added Apr 17, 2013 09:10
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