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"My party has made it very clear from the outset that we oppose all aspects of this Directive. No-one can dispute that smoking is a major health issue that affects the whole of Europe. Indeed we have all seen the statistics – that over 700 000 people a year in Europe die of smoking. However shocking this figure is, though, it is ultimately these people’s right to smoke – and the EU certainly does not have the right to try and stop them. Ironically, the measures outlined in the Directive are flawed on so many levels that they are unlikely to stop people smoking anyway. Banning smalls packs will simply make people buy more cigarettes. Banning menthol and other flavoured cigarettes will simply increase the cigarette black market. Demanding that large health warnings be put on cigarette packs will make counterfeiting easier, fuelling the black market yet further. Once again, the EU has failed to see the wood for the trees here and, as a result, this Directive is not only misinformed and unfounded but entirely unfit for purpose."@en1
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