members of the EU Parliament has approved a law strictly in the tobacco market

European lawmakers have approved sweeping new rules to reduce the number of smokers . The mandate includes imposing big warning on cigarette packets , banning most flavorings and improving regulation of electronic cigarettes .European Parliament in Strasbourg as Tuesday to strict rules on smoking and tobacco marketing regulations , after months of heated debate .
Under new EU regulations , mandatory warnings would take up 75 percent of tobacco packaging and more prominent , including pictorials awful to prevent potential smokers . It also aims to stop young people from taking up smoking cigarettes by increasing regulatory featuring flavors such as menthol or fruit scents .Another major change will be strict conditions for electronic cigarettes , which vaporize nicotine -containing fluid . Battery-operated products look like real cigarettes are often marketed as an alternative to the more dangerous for tobacco .Once the process is completed , the government will have two years to adopt the directive into national law , therefore the new rules are not expected to be put in place before 2016.Tobacco lobbyists have criticized the regulation of consumer freedom and restricting disproportionate , while European officials to support the benefits for public health .Over the last decade , a ban on smoking in public , limit tobacco company advertising and other measures have seen the number of smokers fell from about 40 percent of the 28 - nation bloc of 500 million people to 28 percent today .However , the treatment of smoking-related diseases cost about 25 billion euros ( $ 34 billion ) a year, and the European Union estimates that there are approximately 700,000 smoking-related deaths across the European Union .