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Europe’s Top Health Official Quits, and the Bloc Has a Mystery on Its Hands
James Kanter – The New York Times, 29 Oct 2012

The top health official for the European Union suddenly resigns. His plans to place marketing curbs on tobacco companies are put aside. The offices of antitobacco groups are burglarized. There is talk of cash payments of tens of millions of dollars by Big Tobacco. In his latest public comments, Mr. Dalli said on Wednesday [24 Oct 2012] that the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, had given him 30 minutes to resign.

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