New Zealand's World-First Smokefree Legislation 'Goes up in Smoke': A Setback in Ending the Tobacco Epidemic

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The European Commission would be preparing a package of proposals to bring Europe's capitals closer together, including a reform...

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Between the hypotheses to increase the own resources of the new EU budget for 2028-2035 there could be new excises on tobacco and on e-waste or e-waste. This is what is learned from sources in Brussels. This means not only additional costs for those who smoke but also that part of the revenue would end up at the European Union and not at individual states. The possibility will be examined by the College of Commissioners on Wednesday 16 July. If …

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The information was revealed by Il Sole 24 Ore on 11 July 2025, in an article signed by Marco Mobili: "for the first time, part of the income from taxes on cigarettes will not end in the coffers of the Member States but directly in the accounts of the European Union." A decision called "unprecedented", which will be discussed within the framework of the EU's "own resources" — i.e. the financial resources that Brussels collects itself.