- After taking steps toward decreasing tobacco use in the EU as part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the Commission registered a new European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on the theme on Wednesday (24 August).
- The ECI is named “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by 2030”, and the organisers behind it call for EU legislation to prevent young generations from beginning to use tobacco while limiting its environmental consequences.
- This one could gain a lot of traction, as the Commission has announced similar ambitions in their “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan” from 2021.
Calls to lower use of tobacco increase, as Commission registers new citizens’ initiative
