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Biden Administration moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes to “non-addictive” levels.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule to limit nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels six years after it first said it intended to do so and five days before President Biden leaves office.
EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission Blocked Input from Trade Unions on Vape Ban Proposal
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the EU advisory body representing trade unions and other civil society, had planned to adopt an opinion on the proposal, but was instructed by the Commission to cancel it.
Circling the drain: now Prague joins Rome and Bucharest in opposing EU public vaping ban
After the European Parliament rejected the Commission’s proposal to ban vaping in all public spaces, and the day before EU Health Ministers are slated to debate it, Czechia has joined Italy and voiced opposition to the proposal.
“People are losing respect”: German media magnate rips into EU Commission’s plan to ban vaping everywhere
The CEO of German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer lashed out at the European Commission’s proposal to ban vaping everywhere, saying that it’s causing voters to lose respect for the EU - an argument Clearing the Air’s co-founder has also made.
NRT maker Kenvue calls for more restrictions on safer nicotine products
Nicorette manufacturer Kenvue, which was spun off from Johnson and Johnson last year, has used a sponsored lobbying event in Brussels to call for further restrictions on safer nicotine products like vapes and pouches.
EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission did not disclose lobbying meetings with ENSP to the EU Ombudsman investigation into conflicts of interest
The European Commission did not disclose meetings it had with the European Network on Smoking Prevention (ENSP) to the European Ombudsman.
“Equating tobacco and e-cigarettes is not helpful” says influential Member of the European Parliament
The European Commission’s attempt to convince member countries to ban vaping in almost all public places - as reported by Clearing the Air yesterday - has been slammed by a leading Member of the European Parliament as “not helpful”.
EXCLUSIVE (ish): “Because the WHO said so” - Commission wants to ban vaping…well…everywhere.
Clearing the Air has now seen the full version of the EU Commission’s smoke free environments recommendation after Euronews got the initial scoop, but before the document was made public, expected tomorrow morning.
EXCLUSIVE - EU tobacco control group declared that their staff had not worked on tobacco for four years to get EU contract revising vape laws
The European Network on Smoking Prevention declared that its staff members “have not…had any professional involvement in any project related to tobacco in the last four years”.
