EXCLUSIVE: Spain to block Tobacco Tax Directive, calling for lower rates on rolling tobacco.
Spain’s demand for a lower tax rate on rolling tobacco threatens agreement on the EU’s proposed tobacco tax directive.
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Current development data follows the planned revision of the Tobacco Products Directive and related European nicotine policy.
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Latest coverage
Ireland’s vape flavour ban advances despite warnings it could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes
Ireland’s vape flavour crackdown has cleared its final Seanad hurdle despite warnings it could drive former smokers back to cigarettes and force independent shops to shut.
A story of two consultations: picking apart the Commission’s summary report
Peter Beckett examines what the European Commission’s summary of its nicotine consultations leaves out — and why the design of the questions matters.
INVESTIGATION: Who’s behind the anti-nicotine propaganda?
Pharmaceutical companies selling costly treatments for smoking-related diseases also fund organisations campaigning for tighter restrictions on safer nicotine products. Peter examines whether those relationships deserve closer scrutiny.
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