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Smoking in a Brussels bar: will the EU commission, based here, renew a deal with tobacco firm PMI? (Photo: Paul Keller)

Anti-tobacco lobby urges MEPs to reject Philip Morris deal

Politicians and activists fiercely opposed to the tobacco industry are trying to persuade MEPs to speak out against renewing an EU anti-smuggling agreement with multinational Philip Morris International (PMI).

The centre-left socialists, the second-largest parliamentary group, agreed on Wednesday (2 March) to reject any renewal of the deal. The European Parliament is currently preparing a text on the EU-PMI deal to be voted on in Strasbourg next week.

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Smoking in a Brussels bar: will the EU commission, based here, renew a deal with tobacco firm PMI? (Photo: Paul Keller)

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