вторник, 30 октября 2012 г.

Do We Have A European Tobacco Scandal?


Why is the European Union's (EU's) revised Tobacco Products Directive so close to stalling - people are beginning to ask. Some even wonder whose interest the EU Commission is promoting, authors in a Comment in The Lancet wrote today. The Tobacco Directive, which everybody expected would greatly restrict how tobacco companies could promote cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, including the prohibition of electronic cigarettes, seems to be on a never-ending road of permanent delays. A Lancet News Podcast special report discusses these issues.

It also includes an interview with John Dalli, the former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy who resigned recently. Dalli's resignation was described by the media as "controversial". There were allegations of financial impropriety involving cigarette companies. The Tobacco Directive was subsequently put on hold, even though the text has been cleared, both legally and administratively, to move onto the next stage of implementation.

 A "sophisticated robbery" occurred at the offices of anti-tobacco campaigners in Brussels within two days of Mr Dalli's resignation. While laptops and several documents were stolen, numerous valuable goods remained untouched. Co-author of the Comment, Professor Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said these set of events "set alarm bells ringing".

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