Cigarette-like ‘cigarillos’ undermine efforts to curb smoking in the UK
Branston JR, et al. Cigarette-like cigarillo introduced to bypass taxation, standardised packaging, minimum pack sizes, and menthol ban in the UK : Tobacco Control. Published Online First: 26 August 2020.
“The launch of this new menthol capsule cigarette-like cigarillo product with the same brand name as a popular cigarette provides further evidence that the tobacco industry is adept at locating loopholes to bypass restrictions/undermine regulation. EU countries currently implementing the menthol ban under the EU TPD [Tobacco Products Directive] should be alert to the launch of similar products and all those countries considering the introduction of similar tobacco regulations, including packaging restrictions, flavour bans, and product taxation, need to make sure they cover all tobacco products to avoid similar problems.”
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/early/2020/08/18/tobaccocontrol-2020-055700.full.pdf
by : Stephen Hamann
