In Brussels on Tuesday, 3 December, European health ministers adopted a recommendation that will help reduce people’s exposure to secondhand smoke and aerosols and bring about a tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040, as envisaged in ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’.
Hungary’s State Secretary for Health Péter Takács reiterated that this recommendation was “nonbinding” on countries, which can choose the appropriate measures to take. “There is no [mandatory] ban”, he...