{
  "id": 2089654,
  "title": "Hundreds of meetings, €8 million a year: How Big Tobacco lobbies the EU",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/hundreds-of-meetings-8-million-a-year-how-big-tobacco-lobbies-the-eu",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/hundreds-of-meetings-8-million-a-year-how-big-tobacco-lobbies-the-eu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A massive surge in tobacco industry lobbying is undercutting the European Union’s public health agenda, derailing legislative proposals, and triggering a political battles over new nicotine products.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}