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SFP welcomes the release of the Tobacco Products Directive proposal
19 December 2012 -- The publication of the Tobacco Products Directive proposal is welcome, but its provisions can be improved. The Smoke Free Partnership calls on Members of the European Parliament and on EU governments to strengthen its provisions and to adopt a final act by mid-2014.
European tobacco retailers beat the drum of illicit trade once more…
On 6 December 2012 the European Voice published our response to a letter by the representative of European tobacco retailers (EV, 29 November 2012).
Dalli resignation - SFP statement
16 October 2012. The SFP is concerned that the resignation of the Health Commissioner John Dalli threatens to further delay the review of the Tobacco Products Directive, a process already slowed down following intense lobbying by the tobacco industry and its allies.
SFP Office Break-In Statement
18 October 2012. During the night of 17-18 October, the office of the Smoke Free Partnership (SFP), which is shared with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), was broken into. The intruders also targeted the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) office situated in the same building.Latest Documents
New Myth-busting briefing on the Tobacco Products Directive
Policy-makers encounter a wide array of arguments for weakening the Tobacco Products Directive. But are they true? This new myth-busting briefing by the Smoke Free Partnership shows that the arguments used by the tobacco industry and its allies to influence the policy debate are at the very least misleading, and often plain false.
Briefing on the Article 5.3 of the FCTC: A global Treaty for a global problem
This briefing outlines the legal obligations as well as the guidelines under Article 5.3 of the Convention and proposes next steps for the EU.
Health and transparency NGOs demand Commission the FCTC provisions on article 5.3
On 17 January a groups of European public health and transparency organisations sent a letter to Commission President Barroso to ask for a consistent implementation of Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on the protection of public health from the vested interests of the tobacco industry.
Block, amend, delay
Report on Tobacco industry's efforts to influence the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (2001/37/EC)The Smoke Free Partnership is...
a partnership between the European Respiratory Society, Cancer Research UK, the European Heart Network and Action on Smoking and Health UK. We aim to promote tobacco control advocacy and policy research at EU and national levels in collaboration with other EU health organisations and EU tobacco control networks.
