Assessing the impacts of Revising the Tobacco Products Directive
Study to support a DG SANCO Impact Assessment
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Tobacco use is one of the largest avoidable causes of morbidity and premature death in the EU. Whilst smoking prevalence in the EU has been declining over the past 30 years, smoking has remained more prevalent among men than women in the EU-27, with some of the new Member States reporting the widest gaps between male and female smokers. For young smokers (13 to 15 years old) this situation is somewhat reversed, with slightly more girls than boys smoking.
Against this background, the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO) considered a revision of the Tobacco Products Directive 2001/37/EC across five general areas: scope of the directive, labelling requirements, registration and market control fees, ingredients, and sales arrangements. More specifically, the types of policy options under consideration included (but were not limited to): an increase of warning label sizes on the back of packaging to 100%, a restriction for the display of products at retail outlets and an introduction of additional measurement method for TNCO (the modified ISO method) with maximum limits set accordingly.
DG SANCO commissioned RAND Europe to provide support in assessing the potential health, macroeconomic, and compliance cost and administrative burden impacts of revising the Tobacco Products Directive. In addition to assessing impacts, the study provides an up-to-date overview of the evidence and basis for current tobacco product regulation that may be of interest to a wider audience interested in tobacco control policies.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Approach and methodology
Chapter Three
Background for tobacco use and its health effects
Chapter Four
Economic and financial description of the tobacco sector
Chapter Five
Administrative burden of the current tobacco directive
Chapter Six
Baseline scenario
Chapter Seven
Scope of regulation
Chapter Eight
Labelling and packaging
Chapter Nine
Registration and market control fees
Chapter Ten
Ingredients
Chapter Eleven
Sales arrangements
Chapter Twelve
Comparing the options
Chapter Thirteen
Monitoring and evaluation
Chapter Fourteen
Summary of stakeholder engagement
Chapter Fifteen
Conclusions
Appendix A
Template for evidence review
Appendix B
Methodology for estimation of employment share and tax revenue impacts
Appendix C
Methodology for estimation of administrative burden and compliance costs
Appendix D
Environmental impacts
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