EU Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places
"I want to see a comprehensive, complete smoking ban adopted all over Europe," said Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou as he presented policy options for "smoke-free Europe".
According to the Commission, tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the EU. About 650,000 people die each year because of smoking and a further 79,000 adults are killed by second-hand tobacco smoke. As to the economic burden of tobacco, recent statisticsPdf external show that the yearly cost of smoking-related diseases in the EU-25 is between €98-€130 billion, the equivalent of 1% and 1.4% of GDP in each country.
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