European Court of Justice’s public health day

European Court of Justice’s public health day

Worthy of mention are the Opinions by Advocate General Kokott on three tobacco cases supporting the legality of the Tobacco Products Directive. The opinions conclude that the Directive’s packaging and labeling requirements are proportionate, that the ban on menthol...

Tobacco control: Governments should not rest on their laurels

Taxes are effective tools to curb the global tobacco epidemic. This is the core message of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 report on tobacco launched this month. Tobacco-related diseases claim more lives than HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined....