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Lobby organisation

The Smoke Free Partnership

NGO / non-profit · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, The Smoke Free Partnership appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Smoke Free Partnership (SFP) was created in 2006. The Smoke Free Partnership is a large European coalition of NGOs that works on EU policy analysis and advocacy, mobilising decision makers to make tobacco control a political priority. SFP Main partners are the Belgian Foundation Against Cancer, Cancer Research UK, the European Heart Network, the Health Funds for a Smokefree…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party735%
Socialists & Democrats630%
Renew Europe315%
Greens/EFA210%
Patriots for Europe15%
The Left15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
8
2025
6
2026
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Ingeborg ter Laak
3 meetings · EPP
Alessandra Moretti
1 meeting · S&D
Tilly Metz
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Pär Holmgren
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Jessica Polfjärd
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Mar 2026Tilly MetzEurope's Beating Cancer Plan
5 Mar 2026Jessica PolfjärdHealth Policy
4 Feb 2026Gaetano Pedulla'Mercato italiano ed europeo dei prodotti del fumo
29 Jan 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandyEU-Tabacco policy
14 Jan 2026Tomáš KubínDiscussion on the upcoming revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive
9 Dec 2025César LuenaTobacco Taxation Directive
2 Dec 2025Matthias EckeTabakbesteuerung
13 Nov 2025Ingeborg ter LaakTTD
14 May 2025Elena Nevado del CampoTDP Position Paper
8 Apr 2025Ingeborg ter LaakTobacco Taxation Directive
26 Mar 2025Alessandra Morettitobacco legislation
22 Nov 2024Oliver SchenkCouncil Recommendation on Smoke- and Aerosol-Free Environments
18 Nov 2024Ingeborg ter LaakSmoke free environments
14 Nov 2024Marta TemidoENVI files
29 Oct 2024Pär HolmgrenTobacco policy

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