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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7746

28 June 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
On Thursday Health Council will try to reach political agreement on new Directive covering manufacturing and sale of tobacco - Divergences remain - Other points on agenda

Brussels, 27/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Health Council will examine, Thursday in Luxembourg, the new Directive on tobacco aimed at strengthening and specifying the present rules. Introduced will be a maximum content of 10 mg per cigarette for tar, instead of 12 mg until now, and two other maximum levels: 1 mg for nicotine and 10 mg for carbon monoxide. These values should apply to all the products produced in the European Union, that is to say including products destined for export, as of...

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