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European price subsidies to encourage tobacco production are 684.5 million pounds

a year, more than sixty times the amount (10.3 million pounds) spent for programs

designed to reduce smoking. There is no domestic demand for the poor quality highly

subsidized European Union tobacco, so most of it is sold in Eastern Europe or in

North Africa at prices which are less than a fifth of the original subsidy.

British Medical Journal, November 16, 1996, p. 1228

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The European Union countries in 1994 produced 328,000 tons of tobacco, much of it

of poor quality, and imported 490,000 tons to meet demand. The Union spends $1.24

billion a year on tobacco subsidies, but only $1.85 million on smoking prevention.

British Medical Journal, March 30, 1996, p. 832

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The European Commission in 1992 proposed a total ban on the advertising of

tobacco products, but a blocking minority of the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark,

and the Netherlands until late 1997 prevented implementation. Countries with

advertising bans and restriction of smoking in public places are France, Italy,

Portugal, Finland, and Sweden. (Norway also does, but is not a member of the

European Union.) The United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Spain, on the other

hand, have no general regulation covering smoking in public places.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 4, 1996, p. 1189

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