At the beginning of the EU Health Policy Platform annual meeting, Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, held an energetic speech against the practice of smoking tobacco. He pointed out that he believes the idea that harm-reduction through e-cigarettes, as it is currently practiced in the UK for instance, is nonsense. He doesn’t […]
I was quoted by Marijuana Business Daily on the issue of cannabis legalisation in Luxembourg, which was recently announced by the new government. Click down below to read the full quote, or find it on their website.
Plaquer un étiquetage préventif sur tous les produits que nous achetons nous aide-t-il vraiment à mieux connaitre leurs risques potentiels ? Ne risquons-nous pas de tomber dans l’écueil de la surprotection de l’individu ?
VSK Newsroom quoted me on the introduction of plain packaging legislation in the Netherlands. Click down below to read the full article, or find it on their website.
The American company Tesla, together with GM and Nissan, is arguing for the extension of the federal EV (electric vehicle) tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of the year.
The Dutch medicines website MedicalFacts quoted me on the introduction of plain packaging legislation in the Netherlands. Click down below to read the full article, or find it on their website.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 26. November ausgestraalt ginn. D’sozial Netwierk Facebook geet an der Affär ëm d’Cambridge Analytica Affär géint eng Amende aus Groussbritannien an Appel. Och an der Europäescher Unioun gëtt ëmmer nees un héich Amenden erënnert, fir déi amerikanesch Entreprise un hir Obligatiounen ze erënneren.
Does slapping a warning label on every single item we buy in the shops really make us more aware of potential risks, or are we running into an overprotection of the individual?
Click down below to check out a segment from a debate on red meat taxes I did this week on TRT World.
Depuis le mois de janvier de cette année, les frais de carte de crédit sont interdits par une directive de l’Union européenne (UE). C’est du moins ce qu’on pouvait lire dans les journaux, mais la véritable histoire est un peu plus compliquée. L’UE a rendu illégal pour les détaillants de facturer des frais supplémentaires lorsque […]
Bill Wirtz 