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Out of touch - European Parliament backs tobacco subsidies & votes an agriculture policy unfriendly to public health
The European Public Health & Agriculture Consortium (EPHAC) is disappointed by the European Parliament’s approval of coupling subsidies to tobacco production. ... “It is a textbook case of vested interests getting the upper hand in policy making. People
Mar 13, 2013
European Public Health Alliance (be)
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Mar 14, 2013 18:26
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[Europe] Japan Tobacco International breathes fire about damage by Dalligate
The owner of Gallaher has relit one of the biggest scandals to hit the European Commission in recent times by backing calls from MEPs for an inquiry into lobbying by the tobacco industry.
Feb 25, 2013
Times Of London (uk)
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Feb 25, 2013 11:00
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[Europe] Thousands demonstrate against planned EU-wide tobacco laws
Over 4000 people converged on Brussels to demonstrate against proposed new EU-wide tobacco legislation. ... tobacco retailers, who descended on Brussels to protest against the proposal, have complained that adoption of the directive would cause "serious
Feb 5, 2013
The Parliament Magazine (be)
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Feb 6, 2013 12:34
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[Europe, Lithuania, Russia] Fuelling the fires of the illicit trade in tobacco
Last week, Alison Cooper, the chief executive at John Player Special and Rizla manufacturer Imperial Tobacco, said there were "increasing levels of illicit trade" in Europe, which was hurting the FTSE 100 group's sales. Big tobacco is highlighting the i
Feb 3, 2013
The Independent (uk)
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Feb 3, 2013 13:05
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[Bulgaria, Europe, Greece] MEPs plan tobacco subsidies as Brussels fights smoking
Members of the European Parliament have paved the way for hundreds of millions of pounds of subsidies to go to Europe's tobacco farmers -- even though Brussels spends huge amounts on anti-smoking campaigns
Feb 3, 2013
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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Feb 3, 2013 12:44
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[Europe] New EU tobacco law proposed
Slim cigarettes and packets of 19 cigarettes or less would be banned in the EU under radical new Commission proposals. These are among the rules foreseen in the Tobacco Products Directive that the Commission proposed this week. The Commission says that
Jan 15, 2013
maltastar.com (mt)
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Jan 15, 2013 15:10
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CRONIN: New Europe Europe caves in to Big Tobacco
Over the past few years tobacco lobbyists have been playing a game of "divide and conquer". After they learned that EU health officials were entertaining the idea of plain packaging, the lobbyists turned to staff in the Commission's trade department. Rea
Jan 13, 2013
New Europe
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Jan 14, 2013 00:01
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[Europe] INFOGRAPHIC: Tobacco in the EU (PDF)
Dec 20, 2012
European Commission on Health & Consumer Protection (be)
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Dec 20, 2012 11:46
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[Europe] Tobacco directive: Barroso puts pressure on Commission services
The European Commission is set to present, on 19 December, a draft directive banning flavoured cigarettes, standardising the shape of cigarette packs and upholding the ban on snus on EU territory (except in Sweden).
Dec 13, 2012
Europolitics (Europe Information Service) (be)
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Dec 13, 2012 13:31
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[Europe] CRONIN: Tobacco lobbying: the sleazy path to success
It was especially satisfying to see solid evidence - some produced by Dalli himself - that the tobacco industry is willing to grease the palms of those lobbyists who can provide it with one-on-one contact with the powerful. . . . Far from being shunn
Nov 18, 2012
New Europe
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Nov 18, 2012 23:25