{
  "id": 6305242,
  "title": "EU is Failing to Stem Illegal Tobacco Trade and Rising Health Risks, Auditors Warn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eu-is-failing-to-stem-illegal-tobacco-trade-and-rising-health-risks",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:43:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/europe-failing-illegal-tobacco/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fragmented enforcement and uncoordinated policies fail to stem the illegal tobacco trade in Europe, a new report by the EU Court of Auditors finds. The surge of unregulated novel nicotine products and a shift toward illegal manufacturing sites expose significant regulatory gaps. The auditors demand that Brussels take a more active role to establish a […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}