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[Joint Press Release] Tobacco Products Directive very unlikely to increase illicit trade

On 22 January, in Brussels, tobacconists and newsagents demonstrated to express their opposition to the draft Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). They claim that, if adopted, the text will increase counterfeiting and the parallel market (1). Experience has proven that illicit trade of cigarettes is prompted by supply and price rather than by the packaging of the product. Tobacconists state that the directive provisions on 75% coverage of health for cigarette packs will make them “quasi (...)

Also about: tobacco and smoking , Social Issues , Non-communicable diseases , Chronic Diseases , Cancer , health promotion , second-hand smoke , prevention , Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours

23/01/2013

More than 80 per cent of Britons believe that children should not be exposed to tobacco marketing

Cancer Research UK recently published a study on the UK population position on tobacco marketing and children. This comes at a time when the EU framework on the subject, the Tobacco Products Directive, is being revised. Should EU policy makers want to reflect the opinion of the majority... Cancer Research UK, the world’s leading charity dedicated to research on cancer, an EPHA member, published on 14 May 2012 a study on tobacco marketing targeting children. This study comes at a (...)

Also about: tobacco and smoking , Chronic Diseases , Cancer , air pollution , air quality , prevention , Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , European Commission

25/05/2012

Revision of the Tobacco Products Directive: false claims made by the tobacco industry

Cancer Research UK has produced a briefing note rebusting some of the false claims made by the tobacco industry about the ’Tobacco Product Directive’. The Tobacco Product Directive is being revised by the EU since September 2010, with intensive lobbying from the tobacco industry to prevent its strengthening. The Cancer Research UK briefing provides an outline of the key issues related to the Tobacco Products Directive and addresses some of the false claims (myths) that are (...)

Also about: Air Quality and Air Pollution , tobacco and smoking , children and adolescents , Non-communicable diseases , Chronic Diseases , Cancer , Health Inequalities , harmful behaviours , prevention , promotion

15/11/2011

European Week Against Cancer 2011: EPHA members get mobilised

The European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) - organised by the European Cancer Leagues Association - aims to raise awareness about cancer prevention, using the European Code Against Cancer. The 2011 edition emphasised the relationship between healthy lifestyles and cancer. Several EPHA members, including the Association of the European Cancer Leagues (ECL), Cancer Research UK and the European Institute of Womens Health were very active during this week. You can find further information about (...)

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04/06/2011