Europe is facing a shortage of well over 1,000,000 health professionals.
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Europe is facing a shortage of well over 1,000,000 health professionals.
The European Commission has delivered over €42 billion under the recovery funds for member states to modernise their healthcare systems.
Tobacco-related mortality in the EU fell from approximately 700,000 people in 2012 to about 530,000 in 2023.
Over half a million people in the EU still die every year as a result of tobacco use.
More than half of nicotine pouch users in the EU are under 40 years old.
One in five consumers of tobacco and nicotine products aged 15 to 19 started by regularly using e-cigarettes.
During the last three years of monitoring, 98.8% of food samples in the EU were free of residues or within legal limits.
The Commission's measures include increasing audits in non-EU countries by 50% and audits at EU border control points by 33%.
The Commission has created a pool of 30 national experts for border control posts.