eu tobacco directive update 2025 news European Commission on track to review Products by Q2 2026 Tobacco tax hike of 139%

Smells heavenly to me (I chewed or smoked tobacco for nearly 50 years)

The industrys role The tobacco product landscape has changed dramatically in recent years due to the tobacco industrys so-called innovation in engineering products that deliver higher and more easily administered levels of nicotine to users, with e-cigarettes in particular, skyrocketing in popularity among youth and young adults

An amendment proposal was sent to the cabinet in October 2023 and later to the interim government's advisory council in November 2024, but it was not approved

Nearly 9 out of 10 adult smokers started smoking by age 18, and 99% of adults started by age 26

From data gathered between 1999 and 2000, investigators reported they expected almost a half million teen smokers to die eventually from smoking-related causes

The green on 15 is a great example of one of those blind shots