by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
Taxes are effective tools to curb the global tobacco epidemic. This is the core message of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 report on tobacco launched this month. Tobacco-related diseases claim more lives than HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. In... by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Taxes are effective tools to curb the global tobacco epidemic. This is the core message of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 report on tobacco launched this month. Tobacco-related diseases claim more lives than HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.... by EPHA | Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am writing to you in response to the draft tobacco legislation that is currently in progress. On behalf of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Austria for its willingness to take this bold step forward in... by EPHA | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ireland and the UK are paving the way for a Europe free of tobacco. This form of leadership is crucial in the light of the recently adopted Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) which aims to strengthen European tobacco control policy. The UK’s House of Lords has approved... by EPHA | Nov 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
On 22 October the European Parliament voted to once again prolong subsidies “to cover expenditures granted to farmers producing raw tobacco” in the proposed EU budget for 2015. Despite the phasing out of support for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) direct...
