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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11092

3 June 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health
EU calls for swift adoption of tobacco directive

Brussels, 02/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - With the new directive on tobacco products coming into force on 19 May last, Commissioner for Health Tonio Borg believes that the new measures will strongly discourage young people from starting smoking. On the World No Tobacco Day on Saturday 31 May, the commissioner underlined the terrible harm of tobacco, which is responsible for 700,000 deaths a year in the European Union. He stated that “World No Tobacco Day … serves as a reminder that it is in...

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