TOBACCO ADVERTISING
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLCOMPARED with the years of tortuous wrangling that slowed the adoption of the first - and legally abortive - European Union (EU) tobacco advertising directive, the EU Council of Ministers has speedily approved its replacement.The council has accepted amendments tabled by the European Parliament and approved the legislation on its first reading, with Germany and Britain voting against.The key change made by MEPs stressed that the directive would regulate advertising on the Internet, as well as on radio and the print media, whilst leaving television ...
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