Tag: EU

The unprecedented level of engagement reflects the growing importance of alternative nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches, vapes and heated tobacco, in Europe's smoking...

The EU Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) proposed amendment is once again stirring the debate over whether policymakers are putting ideology before evidence, especially when...

Between its core principles of evidence-based regulation and the free movement of goods, nicotine policy is fragmenting across the EU at a pace that...

With the European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) soon to be revised, the tobacco policy debate in Europe is reaching a boiling point, revealing...

There is a widening policy rift across Europe. On one side, there is a large and growing body of scientific evidence in support of...

A debate is underway in Europe and elsewhere about the place of safer nicotine alternatives in reducing smoking-related disease. At the heart of that...

A leaked revision of the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), recently circulated under the Cypriot presidency, has reignited the concern that Europe is...

Smoking remains one of the leading preventable causes of cardiovascular disease across Europe. Combustible tobacco dramatically increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and...