by EPHA | Dec 19, 2012 | News Release
19 December, Brussels – EPHA welcomes today’s release of the revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) by Health Commissioner Borg. With stronger measures on e-cigarettes, tobacco flavouring and the shape of cigarettes and packs, this proposal is good news for the... by EPHA | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has just launched an online-petition demanding the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, to end the secrecy and release the full facts about “Dalligate” – a scandal described as... by EPHA | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today, December 1st, Australia is making public health history by being the first country in the world to implement plain packaging for cigarettes. After long debates, strong pressure from the tobacco industry that went as far as to the country’s High Court,... by EPHA | Nov 5, 2012 | News Release
Following the resignation of the Health Commissioner and the designation of a new Maltese Commissioner to replace Mr Dalli, a coalition of civil society organisations wrote to European Commission President Barroso calling for (already overdue) progress to be made on... by EPHA | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
On 27 September 2012, the EPHA Secretariat organised an extra-ordinary meeting of its working group on tobacco policy. The meeting aimed at discussing the soon-to-be released Commission proposal for a revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. On 27 September 2012,...
