Cigarette companies pushed EC’s Better Regulation agenda to secure three-year moratorium on plain packagingThe world’s largest tobacco companies were instrumental in promoting Europe-wide,pro-trade regulations that they used to delay health initiatives.
Analysis carried out by the University of Bath’s Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) has found that the companies played a key role in pushing the European commission’s Better Regulation agenda, which places trade interests at the heart of policy drafting. They then used the new laws to block and delay a series of major health reforms, and including UK introduction of plain packaging.
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Source: theguardian.com