JUNE 2, 1997
Eurocrats can seriously damage your health
THE European Health Ministers will meet this week in Brussels and Europe's Social Affairs Commissioner Irishman Padraig Flynn has confirmed that he is going to raise the issue of a pan-European tobacco advertising ban.
Flynn, a fervent anti-tobacco campaigner, revealed his plans in a communiqu? marking "World No Tobacco Day" on Saturday and has even proposed the cancellation of European Union subsidies for tobacco farmers. This suggestion was rejected in December by Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler from Austria because it could result in 250,000 job losses around Europe.