Submit public comments to EU consultation opposing expanding tobacco industry's right to sue countries over public health

The latest attempt to use trade agreements to create new channels for tobacco companies and other multinational companies to use investor-state provisions in treaties to allow these companies to sue governments to block sensible public health, public safety, worker protections, and envioronmental protections is the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP).   
 
The European Commission is in the middle of a consultation EU on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) after which it will decide whether or not to agree to provisions that would be binding to all member states directly, or whether each member state would process the agreement separately.
 
While  the trade agreement is very complex, the underlying principles that need to be stressed are not;  Multinational companies should not be given standing to sue countries over laws designed to protect the public.  In addition, all dispute resolution should be done in the open, in court, not in secret arbitration proceedings.  
 
Because the online consultation has leading questions and are a put in a way that steers you to support the provisions, you might want to look at my responses to see how you can submit simple answers that will support public health. 
 
It is important to comment on each question, since "no comment" will be read as agreement.
 
You can find online consultation here: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/consultations/index.cfm?consul_id=179
 
The deadline for submitting input is 06, July 2014.