EUROPE Availability, accessibility, usage and regulatory environment for novel and emerging tobacco, nicotine or related products Ellen Nolte, Annalijn Conklin, Laura Brereton, Claire Celia, Simo Goshev, Flavia Tsang, Clémence Pasmans EUROPE Availability, accessibility, usage and regulatory environment for novel and emerging tobacco, nicotine or related products Ellen Nolte, Annalijn Conklin, Laura Brereton, Claire Celia, Simo Goshev, Flavia Tsang, Clémence Pasmans December 2012 Prepared for the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) The research described in this report was prepared for the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC). RAND Europe is an independent, not-for-profit policy research organisation that aims to improve policy and decisionmaking in the public interest through research and analysis. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R® is a registered trademark. © European Union, 2013 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Published 2013 by the RAND Corporation 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2665 Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1YG, United Kingdom RAND URL: http://www.rand.org/ RAND Europe URL: http://www.rand.org/randeurope To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email:
[email protected] Preface The European Commission Health and Consumer Directorate-General (DG SANCO) commissioned RAND Europe, by way of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC), in the framework of the Health Programme (No SC 2010 6306), to examine the availability, accessibility, usage and regulatory environment for novel and emerging tobacco, nicotine and related products in European Union Member States.