Misleading information on environmental tobacco smoke in the French lay press.

Colin, Christine; Maisonneuve, Hervé

doi:10.1093/ije/26.1.240

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“…In the mid-1990s, the industry arranged a series of adverts in newspapers across Europe comparing the risk of lung cancer from passive smoking with a variety of other apparent risks from everyday activities such as eating biscuits or drinking milk, thereby confusing the public 40,41 . These adverts asked readers to request a copy of a report reviewing the evidence linking passive smoking to lung cancer risk and written by the European Working Group on Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer, a group receiving funding from the tobacco industry.…”

Section: Public and Workplace Smoking Bansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tobacco control policy: the European dimension

Gilmore

McKee

2002

Clinical Medicine

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-The Royal College of Physicians has long played an important role in the struggle against tobacco. As tobacco is a legally traded substance, its regulation increasingly takes place at a European level, where governments seek to balance concerns about public health and free trade. Consequently, it is essential that those seeking to reduce the toll of tobacco-related disease understand the nature of the debate at a European level, in particular the strategies being pursued by the tobacco industry to undermine efforts to promote public health. After describing the European legislative process, this paper explores the current European debates on advertising restrictions, warning labels and cigarette composition, bans on public smoking, taxation, alleged industry involvement in smuggling, and subsidies for tobacco producers. It concludes by examining areas where the College might take action.

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Section: Public and Workplace Smoking Bansmentioning

confidence: 99%