BREXIT HAS FAILED TO DELIVER LIBERALISATION TO TOBACCO SECTOR, WHILE TRADING BECOMES MAJOR HEADACHE
January 22nd, 2023
Britain’s Brexit from the European Union (EU), in full from December 31, 2020, may have freed the UK government from having to follow EU tobacco legislation, except for Northern Ireland, which remains within the EU’s single market for goods, but the tobacco sector is struggling to see benefits.
Brexit means for England, Wales and Scotland – Great Britain – there is no longer a legal requirement for the government to enact the Tobacco Products Directive, the Tobacco Advertising Directive and the Tobacco Taxation Directive. The UK has already amended its ...
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