Brussels, 28/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Lobby groups affected by the EU tobacco directive have reacted to the vote at the European Parliament on 26 February (see EUROPE 11027).
CECCM. The Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers is unhappy that the concerns of small and medium-sized cigarette manufacturers were ignored in the directive. It says that it backs the Commission's legitimate public health concerns and its desire to introduce tighter regulation, but the new rules...