Dec 10 (Reuters) – European Union officials have held multiple, undisclosed meetings with the tobacco industry, which uses political connections to try to influence policy in the bloc and beyond, a report by campaign groups published on ‍Wednesday found.

The report, by anti-tobacco organisations STOP and Contre-Feu, identified at least eight meetings between tobacco industry representatives and EU officials that were not disclosed in 2023 and 2024, citing documents obtained by Contre-Feu.

Further documents revealed a “close working relationship, including exchanges of information and advice, multiple emails, ongoing multi-year monitoring of issues and telephone calls”, the report said, adding the ‌findings demonstrate flaws in the EU’s transparency framework.

The report does ‌not say th

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