ＥＵ全域で煙草の販売禁止を求める訴訟

昨日付のEUobserverに、「Belgian judge seeks EU-wide ban on cigarette sales」という記事が載っています。

http://euobserver.com/9/30227

ルクセンブルクの欧州司法裁判所に新たな訴訟が提起されたという記事なのですが、その中身が、EU全域で煙草の販売を禁止せよというものらしいのです。

>The EU court in Luxembourg has lodged two anti-smoking cases which could, in theory, lead to a ban on the sale of tobacco products across the EU.

The two complaints, entitled "Rossius C267/10" and "Collard C268/10," lodged in Luxembourg on 28 May, call for the EU to ban the sale of cigarettes and the collection of excise duties on tobacco products in Belgium.

訴えたのはベルギーの裁判官でかつ反煙草運動家の方のようです。

>Baudouin Hubaux, a Belgian anti-smoking campaigner and a judge at the regional court in Namur, Belgium, who referred the cases to Luxembourg, told Belgian press that the best outcome would be for the court to ban cigarettes across the union or, at the least, to set out the financial liability of tobacco companies for damages to people's health.Baudouin Hubaux, a Belgian anti-smoking campaigner and a judge at the regional court in Namur, Belgium, who referred the cases to Luxembourg, told Belgian press that the best outcome would be for the court to ban cigarettes across the union or, at the least, to set out the financial liability of tobacco companies for damages to people's health.

先日、厚生労働省の「職場における受動喫煙防止対策に関する検討会」が報告書を出し、受動喫煙防止対策を規定する労働安全衛生法の改正が予定されていますが、大変穏やかにみえますね。

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/houdou/2r98520000006f2g.html