EU TOBACCO FUND
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLREFORMS to the European Union's Community Tobacco Fund have been tabled by the European Commission, which wants to earmark half the money earned from deductions from tobacco growing premiums spent on anti-smoking campaigns and research. The Commission says Euro 18 and 27 million will be made available by respective two and three per cent deductions. The other 50 per cent will be spent on helping producers move to alternative crops, with grants being made available of between 75 and 100 per cent of the cost, up to a maximum of Euro 300,000 per ...
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