With his broad shoulders and rugged good looks, Alan Landers was the perfect choice to be the face of America’s best selling cigarette brand. As the Winston man, he appeared in hundreds of magazine and billboard advertisements in the 1960s and 1970s, portraying smoking as stylish and attractive. Now, as he battles late stage throat […]

In a landmark decision, members of the European Parliament have rejected a plan to unilaterally regulate e cigarettes as medicinal products. The news comes amid heightened debate over the safety of e cigarettes. In France, just as elsewhere, e cigarette use is on the rise and boutique stores are emerging on major cities. Due to […]

by Steve Hynd Always eager to break a story, the blog Guido Fawkes ran with this headline ‘EU Agrees Ban on Menthol Cigarettes’ today. As this story breaks, I am sure that you will see comparable headlines cropping up in newspapers across the UK. The problem is, the story isn t really true. At best […]

Tobacco companies lobbied European lawmakers heavily to dilute the new rules, and some changes made at the last minute weakened an earlier proposal. But the guidelines still represent a big improvement from current European rules. Lawmakers will now negotiate the changes with national governments and the European Commission before final rules are approved next year. […]

Recently, the European Union adopted through an ordinary co decision procedure the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. The new directive, approved on Feb. 26 at the first reading in the plenary of the EU Parliament, was also formally approved by the Council on March 14 and was signed by both institutions on April 4. […]

3. Explain how smoking bans are enacted to protect the public from the harm of se condhand smoke , but e cigarettes have not been shown to cause harm to bystanders. Among the variety of ways cannabis is consumed, forms of smoking or oral consumption are most common. Cannabis is a unique drug due to […]

Nigel Farage Least well off will be affected Menthol and “slim” cigarettes also face being outlawed by Brussels in an attempt to make smoking less attractive to young people. The controversial diktat puts the EU on a collision course with governments across the continent, millions of smokers and business leaders, many of who are backing […]

In the morning of 08/10/2013 , the European Parliament, the legislative body of the European Union, voted to reject a proposal that electronic cigarettes or “e cigs” be regulated as medical devices. The ruling, which contradicts several federal laws held by member nations of the E.U., is a major decision on what’s a fairly new […]

Both illicit and legal drugs have been seized from two separate smuggling operations in Spain and England, including 2.5 million metric tons (MT) of cocaine in a Costa Rican pineapple shipment, and 16.5 million cigarettes in a Vietnamese consignment of kiwifruit and oranges in the U.K. The cocaine was found by Guardia Civil officers during […]

Starting from Today, all cigarettes sold in the European Union member states are required to be self extinguishing, i.e. comply with reduced ignition propensity (RIP) standards. The cigarette makers are obliged to wrap the cigarette tobacco in the specific “thicker” paper, so the cigarettes would extinguish on their own, once they are not puffed. In […]