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Europe adopts compromise position on reduced risk products to beat cancer

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) report in a move that marks the first time a European institution has formally acknowledged reduced risk products could play a role in smoking cessation – with some caveats.

The parliament voted 652 in favour, 15 against and 27 abstaining during last week’s plenary session. The approved plan included “compromise amendments” on alternatives approved by 29 of 34 committee members in December.

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Antonia Di Lorenzo

Assistant news editor
Antonia is a member of the editorial team and holds a masters degree in Law from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She moved in 2013 to London, where she completed a postgraduate course at the London School of Journalism. In the UK, she worked as a news reporter for a financial newswire and a magazine before moving to Barcelona in 2019.

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