Health Commissioner David Byrne has vowed to revive proposals to outlaw tobacco advertising…

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Series Details 12/10/00, Volume 6, Number 37
Publication Date 12/10/2000
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Date: 12/10/00

... in the wake of a European Court of Justice ruling overturning the EU's previous attempt at a ban, describing the verdict as a temporary setback. The Court overturned the legislation for technical reasons because it was introduced as a single market measure rather than as a health law. But this does not prevent the Commission drawing up new proposals to introduce similar prohibitions.

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