TOBACCO INDUSTRY SHOULD BE BLACKBALLED FROM HEALTH NEGOTIATIONS – HEARING SUGGESTS
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEALTH campaigners pressed politicians at a European Parliament hearing in Brussels to exclude the tobacco industry from debates where it could influence public health policies. Hosted by Irish Fine Gael MEP Avril Doyle and pressure group the Smoke Free Partnership, the hearing was addressed by new EU health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and attended by other senior MEPs. It focused on article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which commits signatory governments to "protect these [public ...
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