Lord Peter Mandelson, Uk Ambassador
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Eu Upholds Tough Rules On Tobacco Packaging
For TTT, and others !
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It seems that the EU has some merit after all.
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It seems that the EU has some merit after all.
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There have been many surveys and they all say that the age over 98% of people start to smoke is 12 to 18. Stop them starting and within 20 to 30 years there will be no smokers as they will have been killed by their habit!
11:18 Wed 04th May 2016
In the meantime, everyone wanting to take the opportunity to have a go at the EU is casually overlooking the fact that the major tobacco companies who tried to bring this case have done so out of major financial greed with no regard for people's health. More to the point, they have had so much money to throw at this litigation that they have been able to drag things out from one country to another, sometimes even threatening countries whose budgets are smaller than the tobacco companies in question.
This is actually a powerful reason to support EU membership, or at least the principle of countries acting together; divided, British American Tobacco has been able to take on small countries one-by-one with powerful, expensive lawsuits against this type of legislation. United, the EU can rightly tell them to *** off.
Oh, and while I'm at it, if tobacco companies are so busy objecting to this it's probably because plain packaging *does* have an impact on their profits and sales -- because, sad to say, people are shallow and attracted to shiny things. Plain packaging will never stop smoking altogether, of course, but it does go some way towards reducing the uptake of new customers. The level of impact isn't clear yet because the law has not been in effect long enough to tell, but initial indications appear promising. (The only studies I can find that disagree with this assessment, are, presumably entirely by coincidence, funded by BAT and Philip Morris International, ie tobacco companies).
If nothing else, though, plain packaging has been a great way of cutting tobacco companies down to size. It's stupid that an industry for such a harmful product remains so strong and influential -- and that, in some sense, people would rather support the multinational tobacco bullies ahead of international efforts to curb smoking.
This is actually a powerful reason to support EU membership, or at least the principle of countries acting together; divided, British American Tobacco has been able to take on small countries one-by-one with powerful, expensive lawsuits against this type of legislation. United, the EU can rightly tell them to *** off.
Oh, and while I'm at it, if tobacco companies are so busy objecting to this it's probably because plain packaging *does* have an impact on their profits and sales -- because, sad to say, people are shallow and attracted to shiny things. Plain packaging will never stop smoking altogether, of course, but it does go some way towards reducing the uptake of new customers. The level of impact isn't clear yet because the law has not been in effect long enough to tell, but initial indications appear promising. (The only studies I can find that disagree with this assessment, are, presumably entirely by coincidence, funded by BAT and Philip Morris International, ie tobacco companies).
If nothing else, though, plain packaging has been a great way of cutting tobacco companies down to size. It's stupid that an industry for such a harmful product remains so strong and influential -- and that, in some sense, people would rather support the multinational tobacco bullies ahead of international efforts to curb smoking.
Jim
Do you not think the EU were a little greedy and exploited the UK with regard to tobacco sales.?
Who discontinued Duty Free in June 1999? The EU!
Which countries exacted lesser local tax on tobacco than UK? Most of mainland Europe!
Who lost out on local duty on Tobacco? The UK!
Who gained? The rest of mainland Europe!
As usual the UK was shafted by European law and the rest of Europe profited.
Brussels are only concerned about the health of their ill gained coffers and not that of people.
Just read the link how much duty the UK lost because of the EU.
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Do you not think the EU were a little greedy and exploited the UK with regard to tobacco sales.?
Who discontinued Duty Free in June 1999? The EU!
Which countries exacted lesser local tax on tobacco than UK? Most of mainland Europe!
Who lost out on local duty on Tobacco? The UK!
Who gained? The rest of mainland Europe!
As usual the UK was shafted by European law and the rest of Europe profited.
Brussels are only concerned about the health of their ill gained coffers and not that of people.
Just read the link how much duty the UK lost because of the EU.
http://
I forgot to add earlier. Duty Free cigarette allowance per traveller 200 carton of cigarettes per visit to and from Europe.
Allowance to Tax paid cigarettes in rest of Europe now? Pretty much as much as you can carry or fit in your vehicle. The EU are squids in .
200 fags for a person who can only afford a continental holiday once a year was not excessive in the scheme of things.
A car full per day trip to Adenkerke is every day of the week.!
Allowance to Tax paid cigarettes in rest of Europe now? Pretty much as much as you can carry or fit in your vehicle. The EU are squids in .
200 fags for a person who can only afford a continental holiday once a year was not excessive in the scheme of things.
A car full per day trip to Adenkerke is every day of the week.!
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Haha Americans. Note the young Ronald Reagan.
Haha Americans. Note the young Ronald Reagan.
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