Hearing on tobacco duty: the tobacco industry dominates the list of experts

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30 09.2026: ‘Pro Rauchfrei’ criticises the extreme imbalance and calls for corrective action before 5 October Pro Rauchfrei e. V., Germany’s largest association for the protection of non-smokers, has strongly criticised the composition of the list of experts for the public hearing on the draft bill to amend the Tobacco Tax Act (BT-Drs. 21/7859) on … Read more

Strengthening tobacco control: Opinion on the evaluation of the EU legal framework for tobacco control

16.05.2023 Pro Smokefree welcomes the fact that the EU Commission wants to revise the European legal framework for tobacco control as part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP). We support the goal of a smoke-free Europe in which only 5% of the population smokes by 2040. To this end, European legislation should provide Member States … Read more

Because they do not do what they know

Tobacco control – an unknown word on the agenda of German governments 23.02.2020 – Congratulations, dear Federal Government and predecessors, you have finally made it! Your tireless commitment to the free development of tobacco addiction has paid off: Germany has arrived at the long-awaited last place in the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) and will certainly … Read more