Weak Dutch tobacco controls will cost lives - Dutch government accused of "turning its back on science"

Submitted by Michael Forrest on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 16:25
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09.12.12

Leading cancer, asthma and heart health experts accused the Dutch government on Friday of "all but closing down" its tobacco controls and said such lax policies could lead to 145,000 preventable deaths by 2040.

In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, specialists from Europe, the United States and Canada said new Dutch policy moves - including weakening smoking bans in bars and ending the reimbursement of quit-smoking aids - would inevitably cost lives.

The full press release is available for download below.

See Reuters for press article.

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