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8 out 2013

Author:
Guardian (UK)

Menthol cigarettes to be banned by EU

Menthol cigarettes are to be banned and health warnings covering 65% of cigarette packs will be introduced under new EU rules. The European parliament...voted on measures to help curb smoking but stopped short of introducing plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco. Legislators put new limits on advertising for electronic cigarettes but have so far rejected proposals for them to be regarded as medicinal products. Menthol and other flavours will be banned but there is to be no ban on packs of slim cigarettes. Some campaigners had called for e-cigarettes to be subjected to the same regulation as nicotine replacement therapies...