by EPHA | Sep 29, 2003 | Uncategorized
The European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) and the World Customs Organisation (WCO) signed on 29 September a procedure for the exchange of data on illicit cigarette trafficking. – OLAF’s press release. – Commission’s press... by EPHA | Aug 14, 2003 | Uncategorized
This website is part of a pan-European project on protecting workers from passive smoking. The project is being co-ordinated by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the UK and steered by union representatives from seven European countries including Belgium, Denmark,... by EPHA | Aug 8, 2003 | Uncategorized
The week-long conference of the World Health Organization was attended by about 2.000 representatives from 115 countries. It started on the 3rd of August and was held in Helsinki, Finland. It focused on tobacco control policies and links between smoking to youth,... by EPHA | Jun 18, 2003 | Uncategorized
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is open for signatures from 16 June 2003 on, and several countries have already signed the document. Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne and the Greek Council Presidency were among the first to sign... by EPHA | May 21, 2003 | Uncategorized
The EU agreed last Thursday 15 May to ratify the world’s first anti-tobacco treaty despite German objections to the planned restrictions on advertising, leaving the United States in an isolated holdout. The landmark tobacco control accord has been adopted on...
