EU tobacco tax hike plan swamped with pro-industry feedback

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BRUSSELS — Thousands of anonymous pro-tobacco comments poured into an EU consultation on raising cigarette and nicotine taxes — a surge that anti-tobacco campaigners say was engineered by the industry to drown out public health voices. There were 18,480 responses, approximately nine times the average for EU consultations, when the feedback period closed Oct. 31. A huge amount of posts arrived within minutes and the vast majority supported the industry, analysis by tobacco control consultancy

EU tobacco tax hike plan swamped with pro-industry feedback https://www.politico.eu - 06.11.2025 04:54

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EU tobacco tax hike plan swamped with pro-industry feedback https://www.politico.eu - 06.11.2025 04:54