SFP Reports


  • Out of Step

    Shadow Report from the EU Tobacco Control NGOs on the European Commission’s Report, ’Dancing the Tango’

  • Briefing on the Revision of the 2001 Tobacco Products Directive

    The 2001 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was the first piece of major EU legislation regulating tobacco products. In the light of its revision, the Smoke Free Partnership is setting out what it wants to see in a new TPD; namely, compulsory graphic warnings and standardised packaging on all cigarette packs.

  • Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for going smokefree

    Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for going smokefree was published and launched at the European Parliament in March 2006. The report shows that passive smoking currently kills 79,000 European Union (EU) citizens a year: 72,000 of these deaths are due to second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure at home and 7,000 are due to SHS exposure at work.

  • Smoke free Europe makes economic sense

    Launched at the 2 June 2005 conference in Luxembourg, the Smoke free Europe makes economic sense report compares the economics of smoke free policies, as well as the economic impact of smoking bans in bars and restaurants in different countries.

  • The Limassol recommendations

    The Limassol recommendations are a set of key recommendations, based on research findings and the experience of successful countries like Ireland, Norway and Italy, which was agreed on by participants of the European Strategy meeting in 2005.

  • Tobacco or Health in the European Union: past, present and future

    The Tobacco or Health in the European Union: past, present and future, or the ASPECT report, was published in October 2005 and launched by Commissioner for Health and Consumer, David Byrne, at a press conference in Brussels.