Health ministers have urged the European Commission to step up its fight against tobacco and questioned the blocking of several pieces of tobacco legislation in a letter to Commissioner Várhelyi seen by Euronews.
In the letter, dated 21 March, health ministers from Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, and Spain, at the initiative of the Netherlands, voice their concerns over the increasing use of new nicotine products among youth, cross-border distance sales, and the responsibility of social media platforms.
