Brussels, 02/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Health/Consumer Council in Brussels on Monday reached a political agreement through a qualified majority allowing for the adoption, on first reading, the new directive relating to the ban on advertising and sponsoring in favour of tobacco products. All delegations, except for Germany and the United Kingdom, who voted on the text, decided not to look at the compromise text drawn up by the Presidency to agree to rally around the Commission's initial...