The Minister of Health, Mónica García, has emphasized that the new tobacco law project has the support of the citizens who wish to "stop breathing air that does not belong to them." With these words, she has responded to the criticisms of the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo,...
The Federation of Associations for the Defense of Public Health (FADSP) has assessed as "positive" the approval in the second round, by the Council of Ministers, of the new tobacco law project. However, the organization emphasizes that during the passage of the regulation through the General Courts, relevant improvements must...
The Association of Communication Users (AUC) has received with good acceptance the approval in the second round, by the Council of Ministers, of the new tobacco law project. However, it has warned that, "currently, the main promotion of tobacco consumption comes from movies and series."According to the organization, in these...
The president of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has denounced that the tobacco bill that the Council of Ministers has approved in a second round "was born bad" for not having previously obtained "the approval of the autonomous communities" before starting its administrative processing. "As far as I...
There was a time when asking for a coffee meant accepting that you would smell like tobacco for the rest of the day. Ashtrays occupied the tables of bars and restaurants as just another element of the everyday landscape. In offices, it was common for a colleague to light a...
The vice president of the National Committee for Tobacco Prevention (CNPT), Josep Maria Suelves, has urged for the "immediate parliamentary processing" of the tobacco bill that the Council of Ministers has given the green light to this Tuesday in a second round, with the goal of achieving its "improvement and...
The president of the association "Nofumadores.org", Raquel Fernández, has demanded that the Government send the tobacco bill, approved this Tuesday in a second round by the Council of Ministers, to the Congress of Deputies "at the beginning of September" so that its parliamentary processing can be carried out quickly."We make...
The Council of Ministers has given the green light this Tuesday, in a second round, to the tobacco bill. The main novelty compared to the first draft is that smoke-free areas are expanded to maritime and river beaches, joining the terraces of bars and restaurants, which were already listed as...
The Council of Ministers has given the green light this Tuesday, in a second reading, to the tobacco bill. The main novelty compared to the first draft is that maritime and river beaches are added to the list of smoke-free spaces, where the terraces of bars and restaurants were already...
As DEMÓCRATA announced, the Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the tobacco bill, a reform that modifies the legislation in force since 2005 to expand smoke-free spaces, adapt the regulations to new tobacco-related products, and strengthen the protection of minors. The text now begins its parliamentary processing, so the measures...
The Council of Ministers has given the green light this Tuesday, in a second round, to the tobacco bill. The main novelty compared to the first approval is that maritime and river beaches are incorporated into the list of smoke-free spaces, where the terraces of bars and restaurants were already...