EU tobacco policy
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A hollow victory: EU Commission recommendation to ban vaping everywhere agreed by Member States, but with huge caveats
The European Commission’s recommendation that Member States ban vaping everywhere has been agreed, but only because multiple Member States added riders saying that they’ll essentially refuse to implement it.
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.
“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.
The EU Commission wants to ban vaping everywhere. MEPs should stand up to them.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - a well known self-help book - has thoughts on scheduling. “The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule”, according to its author Stephen Covey, “but to schedule your priorities”.
EXCLUSIVE: EU vape ban proposals lack “robust scientific basis” say Italian and Romanian governments
The EU’s proposals to ban vaping in all public spaces “lack a robust scientific basis” and “should not have been included” in the European Commission’s proposal for Smoke Free Environments