BBC News, James Gallagher, Health and
science reporter, 26 February 2014
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Anti-smoking
legislation is to be introduced across the European Union in an attempt to cut
the number of smokers by 2.4 million.
The rules,
voted in by the European Parliament, mean picture health warnings will have to
dominate the front and back of all packaging.
There will
also be a ban on flavoured, such as menthol, cigarettes.
Pro-smoking
groups have criticised a "nanny state mentality", but cancer
charities have backed the measures.
An
estimated 700,000 premature deaths are caused by smoking across the EU each
year.
The EU
Tobacco Products Directive rules include:
- picture warnings must cover 65% of the front and back of every packet of cigarettes, with additional warnings on the top of the pack
- a ban on "lipstick-style" packs aimed at women - all packs must have at least 20 cigarettes to leave room for health warnings
- roll-your-own tobacco packs to have similar picture warnings
- a ban on promotional elements, such saying "this product is free of additives" or is less harmful than other brands
- a ban on flavoured cigarettes, such as menthol, fruit and vanilla
- a maximum nicotine-concentration level for e-cigarettes.
- EU-wide tracking of cigarettes to combat illegal trade
- Ministers are expected to endorse the rules in March, to come into force in May 2014. Member states will have two years to introduce the legislation.
'Great day'
The
European Commission says the new rules will "deter young people from
experimenting with, and becoming addicted to, tobacco" and should lead to
a 2% drop in the amount smoked over the next five years.
EU Health
Commissioner Tonio Borg said: "Today is a great day for EU health policy.
"The
new rules will help to reduce the number of people who start smoking in the EU.
"These
measures put an end to products which entice children and teenagers into
starting to smoke in the European Union."
Simon
Clark, the director of the pro-smoking campaign group Forest, said banning
menthol cigarettes was a ban on consumer choice that "will do little"
to deter children from smoking.
He also
questioned the need for plain packaging legislation to remove any branding from
packs, which is being considered in some EU countries, including the UK.
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"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy,Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) -(Text version)
“… The Shift in Human Nature
You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.
In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?
Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.
What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”
What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”
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