LCI reported this week that a series of proposed price hikes in France for cigarettes will also apply to rolling, or fine-cut, tobacco. The French news network said it confirmed with the office of French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn that six scheduled increases will be “symmetric” for fine-cut tobacco – ultimately adding 3,25 euro per package by late 2020. Read More

As a final implementing act of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive, the European Commission has released three pieces of draft technical legislation on a track and trace system for tobacco products. Read More

Politico reported this week that Ireland’s strict Regulation of Lobbying Act is gaining traction as a model for other European countries — including Germany, Italy and Spain — seeking to introduce or strengthen lobbying transparency rules. Read More

Euractiv reported today that several member states, including France, raised concerns in a 16 June meeting about a tobacco track and trace proposal by  Read More

The Times reports that an undercover study by Japan International Tobacco has revealed one in eight retailers in London is selling illegal tobacco products. As anti-smoking laws are further strengthened, more people are likely to turn to illegal tobacco products, according to the study. Read More