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

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

Amendment to the Berlin Non-Smoker Protection Act: Joint position paper by non-smoker protection organisations

Berlin soll einen umfassenden Nichtraucherschutz bekommen

11.10.2024 In their 2023 – 2026 coalition agreement “The Best for Berlin”, the CDU and SPD have agreed to further advance protection against passive smoking in the Non-Smoker Protection Act (NRSG) and to reduce control deficits. The Senate Department for Science, Health and Care has been working on the amendment to the law for some … Read more

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

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