The case she is bringing before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, seeks to overturn the decision of a medical committee that found no conclusive link between his occupational exposure to second hand smoke and his cancer.
Her case highlights the fact that the same committee could find no other cause for his lung cancer. They based their decision to not treat his death as an occupational disease on the grounds that there could be no conclusive proof that secondhand smoke had caused his condition.
Her case also highlights the fact that whilst tobacco smoke is not listed as a carcinogen, many of its components are and so exposure to second hand smoke could have aggravated his condition.
Details of the case have been published in the official Journal of the European Union. EPHA will be monitoring developments of the case with interest.
