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European tobacco law began with the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2001 (Directive 2001/37/EC). Its goal was to harmonise national rules on tobacco across the EU and protect public health. In practice, the first TPD set common standards for cigarettes and other tobacco, for example: maximum yields of 10mg tar, 1 mg nicotine and 10mg carbon monoxide per cigarette (from 2004); mandatory health warnings on all packs (covering at least 10% of the front and back); a ban on misleading descriptors like “light” or “mild”; and a requirement that manufacturers report their ingredients.