“European Union health ministers on Friday approved plans to ban menthol and other flavoured cigarettes as part of a crackdown on youth smoking. The proposed legislation must now be voted on by the European parliament. Irish Health Minister James Reilly, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said it was a ‘a huge step forward in the fight against tobacco use’.  EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg, himself a former smoker, said he believed the ban could be in place within three years.  They also agreed to force tobacco companies to cover 65 percent of cigarette packets with health warnings and gruesome pictures.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/21/european-union-ministers-back-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes/

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