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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10939
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) tobacco

Manufacturers unhappy and NGOs mixed on parliament vote

Brussels, 09/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - Although the report adopted yesterday by the European Parliament on the tobacco directive maintains a high degree of health protection and protection against smoking, compared to current provisions, European public health organisations and anti-smoking activists still have a number of reservations about the text. Healthcare organisations were disappointed that Parliament rejected the ban on slim cigarettes, but pleased that restrictions on other...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS