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The advertising of tobacco products – just like the protection of nature and animal welfare – always leads to passionate and controversial debate. I congratulate the rapporteur on the quality of his amendments and his attempt to pour oil on troubled waters. We support his report, which aims to reconcile the prevention of tobacco addiction, a priority area in terms of public health as recommended by the WHO, the opportunity for Member States to retain their provisions on advertising, without creating barriers to the operation of the internal market and while maintaining some prospects for tobacco cultivation, a sector that has an uncertain future, which allows many small, precarious farms to continue functioning.
Five hundred European producers met here in Strasbourg from 5 to 7 November in order to express their concerns over the future of the COM set up in 1999, but also to present the progress made.
They have in fact made a great deal of effort to improve the quality of their crop, which only represents 6% of world production, by reducing the quantity of tar in the plant (it should be noted that Virginia tobacco, which is cultivated more and more, hardly releases any nitrates). Let us support the tobacco growers’ efforts!"@en1
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