Letters
EU tobacco rules to deter young smokers
Impact of EU flavoured tobacco ban on waterpipe smoking
BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2698 (Published 14 April 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2698- Mohammed Jawad, honorary clinical research fellow1,
- Christopher Millett, reader in public health1
- 1Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK
- mohammed.jawad06{at}imperial.ac.uk
We welcome the European Parliament’s decision to ban flavoured tobacco, among other measures, in a bid to curb smoking in young people.1 Importantly, however, this ban applies to cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco only—disappointingly, waterpipe tobacco is omitted. Waterpipe smoking is an increasingly popular and equally harmful form of tobacco use among young people in Europe,2 …
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