Tobacco lawyer steps down from EU ethics panel

Michel Petite, a corporate lawyer with Big Tobacco clients stepped down as head of the European Commission’s ad hoc ethics committee in December 2013, while saying it had nothing to do with conflict of interest.

ESO: Background Information: EU appoints tobacco lobbyist to top ethics panel http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-appoints-tobacco-lobbyist-to-top-ethics-panel/

ESO: Background information: Council approves compromise on tobacco directive http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-approves-compromise-on-tobacco-directive/

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