{"id":231675,"date":"2026-08-18T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/could-the-eu-ban-smoking-commission-to-re-write-rules-for-the-next-generation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:49:17","slug":"could-the-eu-ban-smoking-commission-to-re-write-rules-for-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/could-the-eu-ban-smoking-commission-to-re-write-rules-for-the-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the EU ban smoking? Commission to re-write rules for the next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EU is pursuing its biggest overhaul of tobacco taxation in a decade. The proposed Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD) raises taxes on cigarettes and introduces taxes on vapes, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches. After the Parliament rejected its position, Council negotiations continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/08\/18\/could-the-eu-ban-smoking-commission-to-re-write-rules-for-the-next-generation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU is pursuing its biggest overhaul of tobacco taxation in a decade. The proposed Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD) raises taxes on cigarettes and introduces taxes on vapes, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches. After the Parliament rejected its position, Council negotiations continue. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":231676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}