Flavoured tobacco to disappear from shops and newsstands

In less than a month, people will no longer be able to buy flavoured tobacco in shops and at newsstands, the news site Novinky reported.  The ban, which applies to all EU member states from October 23, is part of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan which aims to create a tobacco-free generation, where less than 5% of the population will use tobacco products by 2040, compared to around 25% today. Czechia’s National Drugs Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil, who does not consider bans to be an ideal strategy in fighting addictions, says he is concerned that many smokers in this country will go back to regular cigarettes.