Consumer protection

Huge success for the protection of non-smokers: EU recommendation on smoke-free and aerosol-free environments

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03.12.2024 The EU Member States today adopted a far-reaching recommendation for smoke- and aerosol-free environments. It provides for effective protection of non-smokers not only indoors, but also in outdoor places where people gather in confined spaces. Pro Rauchfrei very much welcomes the fact that the EU Member States adopted a new recommendation on smoke-free and … Read more

Deadly and in part illegal: which products the city of Dortmund promotes with InterTabac

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Eine schwarze runde Messehalle mit der Aufschrift „InterTabac" und einem großen weißen Totenkopf an der Front.

10.09.2024 On 19 September, the InterTabac trade fair begins in Dortmund’s Westfalenhallen, run by a subsidiary of the city of Dortmund. Not only will tobacco, cigarettes, e-cigarettes and the like be promoted here but also nicotine pouches and snus which are not allowed to be marketed in Germany. The tobacco fair in Dortmund, which has … Read more

Major setback for the tobacco industry – petrol stations are not tobacco retailers

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og:image:alt: Unzulässige Schaufensterwerbung an einer Tankstelle, die von Pro Rauchfrei abgemahnt wurde

05.08.2024 Stuttgart Higher Regional Court prohibits outdoor advertising – success for Pro Rauchfrei e.V. On 1 August, the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court issued a clear rejection of the attempt to declare petrol stations as specialist tobacco shops. At the request of Pro Rauchfrei e.V., it prohibited a petrol station in Fellbach from continuing to advertise … Read more