EU asked to study risks of tobacco product
Jump to full article: Financial Times (uk), 2007-10-25
Author: Andrew Bounds in Strasbourg
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Snus, tobacco that is placed in the mouth rather than smoked, took a step towards legalisation in the European Union on Wednesday after lawmakers requested research into its effects.
Health campaigners criticised the European parliament vote, which called for the European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, to study whether snus could wean addicts off cigarettes.
The product, which is inserted under the lip in an edible pouch, was banned in the EU in 1992 after the World Health Organisation said it could cause cancer. Sweden was allowed to keep selling it when it entered the bloc in 1995.
Swedish MEPs, backed by Liberals, on Wednesday voted through an amendment pressing the Commission “to investigate the health risks associated with consumption of snus and its impact on the consumption of cigarettesâ€.
Jump to full article: Financial Times (uk), 2007-10-25
Author: Andrew Bounds in Strasbourg
Intro:
Snus, tobacco that is placed in the mouth rather than smoked, took a step towards legalisation in the European Union on Wednesday after lawmakers requested research into its effects.
Health campaigners criticised the European parliament vote, which called for the European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, to study whether snus could wean addicts off cigarettes.
The product, which is inserted under the lip in an edible pouch, was banned in the EU in 1992 after the World Health Organisation said it could cause cancer. Sweden was allowed to keep selling it when it entered the bloc in 1995.
Swedish MEPs, backed by Liberals, on Wednesday voted through an amendment pressing the Commission “to investigate the health risks associated with consumption of snus and its impact on the consumption of cigarettesâ€.
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