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"With regard to cigarette smoking in general, I believe it is very important that the EU brings forward legislation that prohibits any tobacco product being marketed and targeted towards minors. It is clearly the case that if a person chooses to smoke at a younger age, then it is more difficult to kick the habit of cigarette smoking at a later age.
We all know the damage that cigarette smoking does to people’s health each year within the European Union. That is why it is so important that warnings are displayed on cigarette packs outlining the public health consequences for a person’s health as a result of cigarette smoking. That is why I support key provisions in this directive today concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products, including the following:
Thirty percent of the front of each cigarette pack and 40% of the back of each cigarette pack will in the future display public health warnings.
Misleading terms such as ‘Light’ or ‘Mild’, which in one way or another seek to give the impression that one cigarette does less damage than another, will also be banned.
The European Union will also impose legal obligations on manufacturers to list all the ingredients included in particular cigarettes.
However, this is only part of a broader package of legislation which the European Union is going to bring forward in the field of cigarette smoking. However, once again the European Union is going to have to be aggressive in the legislation that it brings forward to promote a no-smoking campaign among adults. I strongly support the implementation of broader educational programmes designed to prevent young people from taking up smoking.
Under the Amsterdam Treaty, the European Parliament does have the power of co-decision in the field of consumer protection and public health matters. I am fully confident that the European Parliament will invoke our powers under this Treaty to ensure a rigorous implementation of regulatory proposals to reduce cigarette smoking in Europe in the short to medium term."@en1
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