Report: Industry lobbying postponed EU tobacco vote
Confidential documents, obtained by British newspaper The Guardian, reportedly show that the tobacco industry successfully lobbied in Brussels to get a crucial vote on the EU's new Tobacco Directive postponed.
The documents seen by The Guardian show how Philip Morris International employed 161 people to combat a proposed tobacco products directive, which aims to save lives by forcing cigarette companies to include large pictorial health warnings on tobacco products covering 75% of the front and back of packs.
The directive also includes a ban on all flavored tobacco products – such as menthol, vanilla and strawberry – and on slim cigarettes, which health experts say are particularly attractive to younger smokers and to women.
New legislation could also lead to e-cigarettes being regulated under pharmaceutical legislation and sold like medicines, which is opposed by new entrants to this potentially lucrative new market.
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