Tobacco

A collection of 26 posts

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Tobacco control; EU/US trade deal; clinical trials; CEPI; scaleup fund

Europe is backslking on tobacco control; EU-US ‘Turnberry’ trade deal back on track; EU first report charting progress on its clinical trials ambitions; EU commits €73.7 million CEPI 100-day mission; EQT selected to manage EU Scaleup Europe Fund

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: WAITing; Ebola; tobacco consultation; UK/US pharma deal

WAITing for medicines; WHO releases further $3.4 million for Ebola outbreak; Commission launches consultation on tobacco regulation; NGOs challenge UK-US medicines pricing deal

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Ebola update; nicotine pouches; biosecurity; WHA; hantavirus

Ebola declared emergency of international concern; WHO warns nicotine pouches risk hooking a new generation;  EuropaBio ups efforts on biosecurity; World Health Assembly kicks off; EU activates crisis response mechanism to monitor hantavirus outbreak

Novel nicotine products

WHO warns nicotine pouches risk hooking a new generation

The World Health Organization warns that use of nicotine pouches is expanding rapidly worldwide, with weak regulation leaving young people exposed to aggressive marketing and addiction

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Critical Medicines Act; Urban Wastewater Treatment; novel nicotine; hantavirus update

Várhelyi says critical medicines deal possible as early as next week; Várhelyi ‘partner for any solution’ on Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive; novel nicotine products will be treated like cigarettes; latest WHO briefing on hantavirus

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill; GLP-1 pill for type-2 diabetes in adolescents; maternity and paternity leave across the EU

UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears final hurdle; Novo Nordisk announces positive results for GLP-1s for teenagers with type 2 diabetes; Maternity and paternity leave across the EU-27

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: MEPs call for ring-fenced health funding; OECD urges better use of resources in cancer care; four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO

MEPs call for dedicated cancer funding in EU’s long-term budget; OECD urges faster access and better use of resources in cancer care; four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO

Cancer

Four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO

In 2022, an estimated 7.1 million of 18.7 million new adult cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: MOP4 closes; EU4Health receives glowing report; UK extends sugar levy to milk-based drinks

FCTC rebuts EU states’ claims tying tobacco tax rises to illicit trade; EU4Health receives glowing mid-term evaluation; UK to extend the soft drinks levy to sugary milk-based drinks

Tobacco

FCTC rebuts EU states’ claims tying tax rises to illicit trade

The fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products closed with new commitments to strengthen co-operation

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Audiovisual Directive; EMA refutes autism vaccine link; MOP4 on illicit tobacco; COP11 wraps up; Novo discontinues Alzheimer’s trial

Commission consults on Audiovisual Media Services Directive; EMA refutes autism vaccine link; MOP4 on illicit tobacco; COP11 wraps up; Novo discontinues Alzheimer’s trial

Tobacco

COP11 delivers incremental wins, but remains weak on new nicotine products

The eleventh Conference of the Parties for tobacco control closed today with incremental progress and prevarication

Tobacco

EU countries still far apart ahead of COP11 meeting

As the Convention of the Parties eleventh meeting approaches EU member states still find themselves in different camps

Cancer

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Progress made, but prevention falters

Launched with much fanfare, the Parliament is examining what lessons can be learnt and how this can inform the cardiovascular plan expected soon

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Insurers want tough action on tobacco; Eurocare closes office and latest on Novo

Insurers want tough action on tobacco; Eurocare anti-alcohol NGO closes Brussels office and latest on Novo/Pfizer tussle

Tobacco Taxation Directive

EU insurers wants more action to protect Europe’s young

Europe’s social insurers want tougher action on tobacco and nicotine products

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Várhelyi under fire; WHO cautions on tobacco industry interference and the end of Pfizergate

Várhelyi under fire; WHO cautions on tobacco industry interference and Pfizergate finale as Belgium ends long-running litigation

Tobacco

WHO warns tobacco industry stepping up efforts to undermine 11th convention

WHO’s tobacco control secretariat is alerting governments and the public to remain vigilant against the industry’s tactics and misinformation

Tobacco Taxation Directive

Tobacco taxation talks reveal divisions between member states

EU finance ministers discussed the European Commission’s plan to overhaul tobacco taxation on Friday 10 October, exposing sharp divisions over how far and how fast to go

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Alarming report on mental health of healthcare workers - tobacco taxation discussions kick off

Inside EU Health: Spy scandal; tobacco discussions kick off; Healthcare workforce on the edge; another Trump tirade

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: EU lags behind the world in reducing tobacco use to an 'AI-first' approach

Inside EU Health: EU lags behind the world in reducing tobacco use to an 'AI-first' approach

Tobacco

Tobacco use drops globally but Europe lags behind other regions

Tobacco use continues to decline, but remains a major public health threat in Europe

Tobacco Taxation Directive

EU Commissioner warns of ‘toy-like’ vapes ahead of debate on tobacco tax rules

Ahead of next week’s ECOFIN discussions on tobacco taxation, Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra speaks out against nicotine alternatives

NCDs

UN Declaration on NCDs is strong on ambition, but short of means

The UN declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health receives broad support, but critics say the content is weak

NCDs

WHO: $3 per person could save 12 million lives

Ahead of the Fourth UN High-Level Meeting (HLM4) on 25 September 2025 on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments to scale up cost-effective interventions to save lives. "Noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions are silent killers, robbing us of lives,"