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[Belgium, Malta, Sweden] Brussels anti-tobacco NGOs 'overturned, ransacked by intruders'

48 hours after John Dalli resignation, anti-tobacco NGOs speculate over reasons behind ransacking of their fifth-floor offices.
Malta Today (mt)
added Oct 19, 2012 03:35
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[Europe] The Commission's secret deal on tobacco

Dalli has said that he would not and did not change the Tobacco Directive. Even the OLAF report, used as the excuse to dismiss him makes this perfectly clear. As we will show, the directive was changed, on 4 September 2012 - but the commissioner was not
New Europe
added May 26, 2013 01:50
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[Europe, Sweden] When is an exemption not an exemption? When the EU Commission says so

The health and consumer affairs commissioner, Tonio Borg, recently told the European Parliament that the Swedish exemption as set out in its accession treaty related only to the placing on the market of oral tobacco. ‘It did not in any way provide a dero
Tobacco Reporter
added Apr 3, 2013 09:18
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Up in Smoke: Europe's tumultuous tobacco fight

Allegations of corruption, theft and conspiracy swirl over anti-tobacco legislation — and the tobacco industry swears it’s the good guy.
GlobalPost
added Oct 26, 2012 15:56
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[UK] Swedish Match drives gains in tobacco ($$)

Investors sold out of European banks and bought into cigarette and alcohol stocks, seeking to protect recent gains as risk appetite ebbed for a second day. Swedish Match made the biggest gains on the FTSE Eurofirst 300, buoyed by
Financial Times (uk)
added Sep 18, 2012 15:37
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[Europe] Tobacco lobby 'trying to dilute' EU directive

The tobacco lobby is trying to water down the EU Tobacco Products Directive that was about to be proposed by former European Commissioner John Dalli before he resigned, one of Europe’s leading public health experts warned yesterday. Martin McKee, profes
Times of Malta (mt)
added Nov 9, 2012 13:59
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[Europe] Mysterious thefts scupper EU tobacco crackdown

But campaigners have been left stunned after the enforced resignation of the Maltese Commissioner, John Dalli - the driving force behind the directive - and a suspicious robbery in which laptops and documents containing the evidence to support the tough
The Independent (uk)
added Dec 31, 2012 12:32
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[Europe] The invisible hand of big tobacco?

Matthias Groote, chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee, fears a revision of the tobacco products directive (TPD) will not be proposed before the end of the year as planned. “This important legislation has been postponed time and tim
European Voice (be)
added Nov 13, 2012 02:41
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[Malta] Dark conspiracy theories from Europe's fight with big tobacco

Corruption allegations, unexplained break-ins, dark conspiracy theories and Swedish snuff: Those aren't the elements of a Hollywood film, but developments in a plot surrounding Europe's efforts to get tough on nicotine. At stake are billions of dollars
maltastar.com (mt)
added Oct 29, 2012 14:19
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[Europe] New emails suggest Zammit initiated contact with tobacco lobby- Wall Street Journal

Journal has reported contents from new emails that precede a 16 March email from the smokeless tobacco lobby (ESTOC) to Silvio Zammit, the political canvasser implicated in the OLAF investigation into former commissioner John Dalli, that paint a picture
Malta Today (mt)
added Oct 26, 2012 18:12
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