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Information about issues and developments that may affect smokers in the European Union. For UK and other news, follow @Forest_Smoking

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Swedish election could shift country's nicotine policy
https://t.co/V42KShutfy

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The EU has delayed a key vote to hike tobacco and nicotine taxes until November to allow extra time for Sweden to form a new government after its national election on Sunday.

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Organised crime driving illicit cigarette factory boom ‘in almost every EU state’ https://t.co/JZwlXP33pX

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The counterfeit cigarettes made inside the EU https://t.co/CO6aywbOeP

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US authorization of ZYN challenges the future of EU nicotine policy
https://t.co/J8tHlTJM7f

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Cigarettes are on the decline in the EU, but how popular are smoking and vaping still?
https://t.co/Bkqk8YAzzh

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Belgium’s federal government today approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028.

https://t.co/DI0fNpvJLw

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MEPs have asked the Commission to examine whether Paris has overstepped single market rules by criminalising products legal elsewhere in the bloc. https://t.co/qCXNXmuVkJ

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Spain reopens tobacco debate after UK approves lifetime sales ban
https://t.co/hSwB2o6LNa

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The E.U.'s sky-high cigarette taxes are creating a thriving black market.
https://t.co/sX3Wj8vOb2

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Brussels prepares sweeping reset of nicotine policy as battle lines harden
https://t.co/Pqdby9Mbhe

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Europe’s booming illicit tobacco trade, with nearly half of all cigarettes sold in several countries now coming from illegal sources, is deeply intertwined with other crime and starting to resemble the drug trade. https://t.co/S1zVbi2M49

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Dutch bid to raise nicotine age to 21 taps into Europe-wide shift
https://t.co/5BmueFKypN

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Dutch tobacco industry slams plan to raise smoking, vaping age to 21 https://t.co/G7g7XOXmBW

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To clarify: ‘The report does not say the tobacco industry broke any rules’.

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NEW @Reuters reports on our new investigation with @ContreFeu_ong which shows scale of tobacco industry lobbying and lack of transparency among EU Institutions. https://t.co/bK45GUvqQ7 #ExposeTobacco

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Revealed: Secret push for total nicotine prohibition at COP11 https://t.co/ZFgG4gk7i7

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Why Europe has no common position on tobacco and nicotine

https://t.co/lR3iKcL3yY

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EU split at WHO meeting seen as test for upcoming tobacco fight at home https://t.co/QGlLc6PZtr

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Smoked out: How Europe’s illegal tobacco market drains public coffers https://t.co/XD5I1V8siR

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EU tobacco tax hike plan swamped with pro-industry feedback. Health campaigners cry foul play. 🙄 https://t.co/EpyBVcaTCP