Health & Lifestyle Briefings
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.
November 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on November 1, 2017
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The ECJ ruled that Italy had been wrong to ban the cultivation of an EU-approved genetically modified maize. This was a big victory for the plaintiff, an Italian farmer who was denied the right to grow the MON 810 maize.
