tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6076055551423429835..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: More on SnusgateChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-17289028921823159732012-10-20T22:52:18.952+01:002012-10-20T22:52:18.952+01:00I have been following it, the annoying part is tha...I have been following it, the annoying part is that I shlepped over to Brussels as part of the consultation.... in July.<br />The only thing that amazed me about corruption charges against Dalli was that it didn't involve Pharma :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743237393487891499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-66834279058970022902012-10-20T16:11:10.872+01:002012-10-20T16:11:10.872+01:00Tom, it's even worse! The public consultation ...Tom, it's even worse! The public consultation ended in December 2010. It received around 80.000 responses. Around 80% of the reponses favoured a lifting of the ban and around 15% wanted to keep the status quo, which two years ago was much better for us snusers than it is today. Yes, for many snusers the online orders from Sweden have even been preferable to a situation where one would have to deal with national taxes and regulations. Since March 2011 the EU has closed most supply channels. So the outcome of the consultation was 95% pro snus, which the undemocratic, so called "representatives" in Brussels chose to ignore.<br /><br />But what I find even more interesting is the question, why Dalli this time asked a mid-size snus-producer for a bribe. What happened to the pharma industry, who must have been bribing EU-politicians on this topic since the early nineties at least.<br /><br />I don't see any comprehensible reason for the snus-ban, other than bribery. Which politician would ban a product, whose usablity and harmlessness is scientifically well documented (even in the EU's own SCENIHR-report from 2008), while ineffective pharmaceutical anti-smoking drugs, partly with horrible side-effects, can be purchased everywhere? Yes, only a politician who has been bribed to do so!<br /><br />So, does the pharma industry no longer want to give money to the corrupt commissioners in Brussels? Have they begun to fear for their own reputation when "working toghether" with people like Dalli?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DirkDirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781564778926960771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-60650610029557921742012-10-20T13:21:13.711+01:002012-10-20T13:21:13.711+01:00Isn't amazing how the directive was apparently...Isn't amazing how the directive was apparently finalised before the end of consultation. Seems as if the end result was predetermined all along. I'd love to be surprised.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743237393487891499noreply@blogger.com