SMOKE FREE PARTNERSHIP POLICY MATERIALS

Joint TPD position paper with ECL

Monday, 14 December 2015
Position Papers

SFP and the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) have produced a join position paper concerning the revision of the TPD.

Block, amend, delay

Monday, 14 December 2015
Reports

Report on Tobacco industry's efforts to influence the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (2001/37/EC).

Out of Step

Monday, 14 December 2015
Reports

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

Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for going smokefree was published and launched at the European Parliament in March 2006.

Smoke free Europe makes economic sense

Monday, 14 December 2015
Reports

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

Monday, 14 December 2015
Position Papers

The Limassol recommendations aim to identify a number of relevant steps which can contribute to developing comprehensive smoke free legislation.

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.

30 September- 1 October 2015. SFP organised this high level conference in the city of Leuven in Belgium. Bringing together tobacco tax experts, European Commission officials from DG TAXUD, DG SANTE and OLAF as well as MEPs and the tobacco control community, this conference provided an opportunity to discuss the different perspectives on tobacco taxation and illicit trade (Articles 6 and 15 of the FCTC).

SFP Breakfast Seminar: Smokefree polices in Europe: Are we there yet?

Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Events, Conference Reports

14 April 2015. With a keynote speech by European Commission Deputy Director General for Health and Food Safety, Martin Seychell this breakfast seminar celebrated the launch of the updated SFP Smokefree Map and provided a platform to discuss whether smokefree policies in the EU are honouring national commitments made under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the 2009 Council Recommendation on Smokefree Environments.

Exhibition and Breakfast Debate in the European Parliament

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Events, Conference Reports

24 April 2013. Smoke Free Partnership and Tobaksfakta Think Tank organised a week-long exhibition from 22 to 26 April and a breakfast debate on 24 April, Protecting Children From Tobacco: What Works?, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

High Level Event on Plain Packaging

Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Events, Conference Reports

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.

EU Better Regulation: from economic to citizen-centric?

Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Events, Conference Reports

24 February 2010 . The Smoke Free Partnership organised an event in the European Parliament on the EU Better Regulation agenda, where a report on industry interference into policy-making processes was launched.

1 February 2010. The Smoke Free Partnership organised an seminar in the European Parliament in Brussels on the global illicit trade in tobacco.

Workshop on Taxation and Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products

Thursday, 04 September 2008
Events, Conference Reports

3-4 September 2008. The Smokefree Partnership, together with its partners and the Association of European Cancer Leagues, organised a two-day workshop in Leuven, Belgium.

15 July 2008.  SFP organised a seminar in the European Parliament (Brussels) on FCTC article 5.3 and to explore the reasons why normal rules of engagement shouldn't apply to the tobacco industry.

Launch of the "Spotlight on the FCTC"

Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Events, Conference Reports

30 January 2008. The first briefing paper "Spotlight on the FCTC” was launched on January 30 at a cocktail reception in the European Parliament, Brussels hosted by Linda McAvan MEP.

Lunch Debate on FCTC and the Need for a Smuggling Protocol

Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Events, Conference Reports

20 June 2007, Strasbourg - The Smokefree Partnership organised a lunchtime debate on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the need for a protocol to deal with smuggling in the European Parliament, Strasbourg.

Consensus seminar on tobacco and nicotine product regulation

Friday, 04 May 2007
Events, Conference Reports

3-4 May 2007. The Smokefree Partnership, together with the EHN and CNCT, organised a consensus seminar on tobacco and nicotine product regulation in Leuven, Belgium.

Smoke Free Places Workshop

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Events, Conference Reports

17 April 2007. The Smoke Free Partnership organized a workshop entitled Smoke Free Places as part of the EPHA Conference Health in the Enlarged EU in Bratislava.

Public hearing on reduced-ignition propensity cigarettes (RIP)

Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Events, Conference Reports

28 February 2007. A European campaign to ensure that only ’fire safer’ cigarettes are produced and marketed in the EU was launched at a hearing in the European Parliament.

Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for going smokefree

Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Events, Conference Reports

21 March 2006. The Smoke Free Partnership published ‘Lifting the smokescreen: 10 reasons for going smokefree’, which was launched at the European Parliament by MEPs Liz Lynne and Adamos Adamou.

Smokefree Europe conference

Thursday, 02 June 2005
Events, Conference Reports

2 June 2005. The Smoke free Europe 2005 Conference was held in Luxembourg and was jointly organised by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), European Cancer Leagues (ECL), European Heart Network, la Ligue National contre le Cancer (LNCC-France), and the ERS.

European strategy meeting on Smoke free policies in Europe

Friday, 13 May 2005
Events, Conference Reports

13 May 2005. The European strategy meeting on the implementation of Smoke free Policies in Europe, also known as the Cyprus meeting, was organised in Limassol, Cyprus.

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