Health & Lifestyle Briefings
June 1, 2022
Published by IEA on June 1, 2022
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The European Commission is asking for feedback on its Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). The call for evidence closes on 17 June 2022 and is intended to ‘assess to what extent the framework has fulfilled its goals and whether it is able to support a “Tobacco-Free Generation” by 2040’. A new TPD is likely to be proposed and brought into law in the next few years.
October 21, 2021
Published by EPICENTER on October 21, 2021
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In September 2020, the EU’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) published a preliminary opinion (SCHEER 2020) on electronic cigarettes which assesses the risks associated with vaping products and is designed to alert the European Commission to the “potential need for legislative amendments” to the Tobacco Products Directive.
March 18, 2021
Published by IEA on March 18, 2021
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Surveys suggest that public understanding of the risks and benefits of e-cigarettes has become divorced from the scientific evidence.
March 3, 2021
Published by EPICENTER on March 3, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted widespread calls for stricter regulation of price gouging across the European Union.
February 4, 2021
Published by EPICENTER on February 4, 2021
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A report published by the European Commission on 3 February 2021 proposes a range of nanny state interventions intended to reduce the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, e-cigarettes and ‘unhealthy food’ (European Commission 2021).
June 18, 2020
Published by Timbro on June 18, 2020
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Thus far, three recovery programs have been proposed in response to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
