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Eu tobacco directive: “e-cigarettes are of benefit to public health”
Jennifer Baker is joined by Neil Corlett, spokesperson for the ALDE Group, to discuss the latest progress on the Tobacco Products Directive and on the dispute over E cigarettes.
Health ministers met on Monday 9 December 2013, to finalise their position on the heavily lobbied tobacco directive. The final trialogue between the European Parliament and the Council will then be held the week after on 16 December 2013. ALDE’s main concerns are about the intentions of some member states and of the European Commission to cut of access to E cigarettes. “E cigarettes are proven to be a great benefit to public health“, argues ALDE spokesperson Neil Corlett . He hopes for a new directive which is effective, sensible and which will make a real difference to public health and consumer choice.