Menthol ban “an attack on consumer choice” says smokers’ group
“The solution to reducing smoking rates among children is education and harsher penalties for those caught selling tobacco to children” said Forest EU.
“The solution to reducing smoking rates among children is education and harsher penalties for those caught selling tobacco to children” said Forest EU.
“Not lifting this ban means that European adults’ will continue to be prevented from making important choices about their lives” said Forest EU.
Smokers campaign group publishes pan-European survey on views of European citizens on EU measures to tackle smoking.
With a self-declared lobbying budget of €5 to €6 million, 94 lobbyists from 24 different organisations operating in Brussels are pushing for more pervasive anti-tobacco policies – 13 of them received €6 million in subsidies from the European Commission in 2016.
“The regulations are excessive, even by the European Commission’s standards” says smokers’ lobby group Forest EU
The Commission is now on record having called into question the proportionality of larger health warnings in delivering public health gains.
“The current prohibition incomprehensibly limits options for smokers”, responds smokers’ campaign
Both the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention and the Smoke-Free Partnership could get a 2018 operating grant from CHAFEA.
“Adult consumers must be allowed to buy a wide range of nicotine products, some safer than others” says Forest EU
‘Governments in Europe must review their smoking ban laws’ says European smokers’ rights group Forest EU.