Editorial. The interference of the tobacco industry (TI) in tobacco control policies and activities, is a major reported issue in the European Member States (MS). The TI continues to oppose effective policies and programs that reduce tobacco smoking and to undermine tobacco control measures, influencing scientific research, politics, law, education, and the media. The Smokefree Partnership recently reported that the TI spent almost €20 million to influence EU policymakers. Moreover, the TI’s cigarette production and marketing directly conflicts with human rights objectives: ‘All people have a fundamental right to breathe clean air and governments are obliged to protect everyone’s health as a fundamental human right...