| Polish Presidency’s smoke signal. The Polish EU presidency is pushing forward the discussion on taxing alternative tobacco products, according to a non paper seen by Euractiv’s Sarantis Michalopoulos. Europe’s wellness mirage. Europe has largely stagnated or regressed on several health problems, from child mortality, chronic diseases caused by tobacco and alcohol use to vaccine uptake against infectious diseases, WHO Europe said in a report published on Tuesday, writes Emma Pirnay. Plans of steel. The European Commission has announced a "strategic dialogue" on how the EU's steel sector can remain competitive and go cleaner despite Europe’s high energy prices, low demand, and stiff competition, writes Stefano Porciello. Italy's new vine villain. For the first time, natural infections of the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium strain that causes Pierce's disease in Californian grapevines have been found in plants in Italy's Southern Apulia region, the EU's food safety watchdog EFSA said, write Alice Bergoënd and Maria Simon Arboleas. Eco faith goes poof. Voters are starting to doubt European governments’ ability to tackle climate change, although the issue remains a key concern, a new survey shows, with 39% of respondents in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Sweden ranking the climate among their top three priorities, Nikolaus Kurmayer reports. | 