Proclaimed achievement181 | NMA and local company involvement |
Proposals to introduce new health warning labels against the European Community health warning label directive were defeated in Finland and in Norway | NMA statements |
“The Swedish Tobacco Commission ad ban proposal has been held back thanks to effective GR [government relations] activities” | Lobbying through SRG |
“The Danish position blocking an EC [European Community] ad ban decision has remained in place” | NMA statement |
“Despite fierce attempts by the Ministry of Health, the Liberal Party and the anti-tobacco movement, no Swedish Tobacco Law proposal was presented in 1992” | Lobbying with NMA, EGIL and SRG146 |
“In Finland, a proposal by the Board of Occupational Safety and Health to classify ETS as a workplace carcinogen was defeated” | NMA statement |
“The Tobacco Act Amendment proposal in Finland aiming at banning workplace smoking, trade information and brand diversification was not published, though initial agenda was to have it approved in the Parliament by mid Summer” | Lobbying with Amer Tobacco146 |
“In Norway, a proposal to ban smoking in so called multi-purpose premises (restaurants, cafes) was postponed” | Alliance with Hotel and restaurant association |
The US EPA onslaught was pre-empted by production and distribution to media and workplace interest groups of a special EPA debate leaflet | Spokesperson within NMA's and local Nordic companies, SRG's, EGIL |
“The second Global Smokers' Rights Group was held in October in Denmark, creating media and political action globally” | Nordic NMA's |
“The 14th year of the Finnish PM Ballet Flower Award, with major TV and press coverage” | Arranged by Amer Tobacco |
EGIL, Expertgruppen för Riskbedömning av Inneluftens Hälsorisker; EPA, Environmental Protection Agency; ETS, Environmental Tobacco Smoke; NMAs, National Manufacturers Associations; SRG, smokers' rights groups.