A 60-year-old man in eastern France says he was stunned to discover that a picture of his amputated leg had been used on cigarette packets without his consent.
The picture was displayed on EU cigarette packets, alongside the message “smoking clogs your arteries”.
But the Albanian man, who lives in Metz, says he lost his leg as the result of a 1997 assault in Albania.
His lawyer is contacting the European Commission to find out what happened. Read more