High Level Event on Plain Packaging
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
29 February 2012. This event in the European Parliament, Brussels, set the debate as to why plain, standardized packaging (in combination with large, mandatory pictorial warnings) is needed in the upcoming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive.
The event was co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament Karl-Heinz Florenz, Glenis Willmott, Carl Schlyter and Antonyia Parvanova.Speakers included:
- John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
- H.E. Dr Brendan Nelson, Australian Ambassador to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg
- Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labour, Employment and Health
- Laurette Onkelinx, Belgian Minister of Public Health
- Céline Brassart, Legal Consultant, member of the Bar in New York
- David Hammond, Associate Professor in the School of Public Health & Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and international expert on warning labels
- Luk Joossens, Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) and international expert on the illicit trade in tobacco
- Download Australian plain packaging and graphic health warnings - Amb. Nelson (263 downloads)
- Download Plain packaging and illicit trade Brussels - Luk Joossens (294 downloads)
- Download The legal feasibility of plain packaging - Celine Brassart (296 downloads)
- Download Plain Packaging - David Hammond 1 of 2 (240 downloads)
- Download Plain Packaging - David Hammond 2 of 2 (237 downloads)
- Download Press Release (311 downloads)
- Download Conference Report (256 downloads)