eu reporter article

[FourWinds]

This is a thingy from the eu reporter that some guy posted on a comment thread present on that BBC story I posted. I did try to check if it had been put up here in the past and didn't find anything; apologies if it's a re-post. It says that 105,000 people will die each year as a consequence of the EU TPD (tobacco Products Directive), asks some hard questions of the regulators and legislators, and lists a bunch of damning quotes:

105,000 smokers will be killed every year by TPD ban on e-cigarettes, say manufacturers : EU Reporter

 

[AgentAnia]

I've seen this headline tweeted and retweeted but hadn't read it till you posted it here. Thanks!

Some excellent comments to the article as well. Worth reading.

 

[Julie W]

This is a thingy from the eu reporter that some guy posted on a comment thread present on that BBC story I posted. I did try to check if it had been put up here in the past and didn't find anything; apologies if it's a re-post. It says that 105,000 people will die each year as a consequence of the EU TPD (tobacco Products Directive), asks some hard questions of the regulators and legislators, and lists a bunch of damning quotes:

105,000 smokers will be killed every year by TPD ban on e-cigarettes, say manufacturers : EU Reporter

Good report
Quote:

Tomorrow’s vote is the chance for MEPs to show that they are not puppets but care deeply about the impact on these 2.5 million smokers who are trying to quit by using these devices.

Major fail then. They blew it
Guilty as charged.

 

[AgentAnia]

And I believe every one of the over 400 MEPs who voted for Art. 18 (now 20) should be held personally responsible for every single death that results. They are mass murderers.

 

[Anjaffm]

Great article, thank you for posting it.

And yes - the EU politicians chose greed and corruption over human lives and the health of the population of Europe.
Whom they are supposed to work for. Haha, good joke
They loudly claim to "protect consumers" - instead they have protected their own pocketbooks. Big T and Big P have well-filled war chests to deal with any threat to their corporate greeed. And they have enough money to pay off politicians to throw consumers under the bus.

Who cares about human lives anyway?

.....
And yes, the comments are great. And very true.
The comments are from consumers. The very people whom this "directive" claims to "protect". And the very people who were never consulted about a "directive" that is to rule their very lives and that can make a difference (literally) between life and death.

It is shameful.

 

[Julie W]

And I believe every one of the over 400 MEPs who voted for Art. 18 (now 20) should be held personally responsible for every single death that results. They are mass murderers.

Yes & premeditated at that.

Crimes Against Humanity

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offenses in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of human beings."[1] They are not isolated or sporadic events, but are part either of a government policy (although the perpetrators need not identify themselves with this policy) or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority

I can't understand why this is not challenged legally & if not this, then surely it's a "human rights issue"

 

[Uma]

Yes & premeditated at that.

Crimes Against Humanity

Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offenses in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of human beings."[1] They are not isolated or sporadic events, but are part either of a government policy (although the perpetrators need not identify themselves with this policy) or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority

I can't understand why this is not challenged legally & if not this, then surely it's a "human rights issue"

Ditto. I sure hope somebody takes this all the way.