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De grandes villes européennes demandent à l'UE d'interdire les filtres des cigarettes
Brussels, Munich, Dublin and Genoa have joined a Dutch-backed campaign urging the EU to ban cigarette filters through its revisions of the tobacco products and single-use plastics directives.
- Campaigners want the ban written into the Commission's revision of the tobacco products directive.
- The Hague seeks a ban on all filters whatever the material, closing the door to non-plastic substitutes.
- BAT says studies show filters cut exposure to some toxic substances and help meet EU emissions law.
- Makers lobbied to have cellulose acetate ruled biodegradable and exempt from single-use plastics rules.