Alberto Hernandez

Last week, the World Health Organization hosted COP11, its flagship global tobacco control conference, and instead of reinforcing its grip on nicotine policy, it revealed how fragile its agenda has become. From the outset, …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
As negotiations stretch into their fifth day at COP11, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the biggest fights are within the EU itself. According to a report by Euractiv, several EU countries have accused the …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
It is day 4 of COP. After 104 country delegate statements, the policy discussions are underway, and the first leak has emerged. The EU Commission and Denmark are pushing for bans on vaping and …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
New Delhi [India], September 8: As policymakers and international health officials convene in Dublin to determine the course of tobacco and nicotine regulation, one critical perspective is conspicuously absent: the voice of consumers. At the …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
As the world prepares for COP11 in Geneva this November, most eyes are on the usual global heavyweights. But this year, the most important voices in the room might come from smaller nations—countries like …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Esta semana, un nuevo proyecto de ley fue presentado en el Senado de Argentina con el objetivo de restringir el uso de productos de vapeo entre los menores de edad. El texto, impulsado por …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Europe’s Harm Reduction Champions Take the Podium—Will the EU Finally Follow? Last week, Brussels became the stage for a Champions League-style ceremony held just outside the European Parliament (picture). Sweden, the Czech Republic, and …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
While policymakers and international health officials gather in Dublin to shape the future of tobacco and nicotine regulation, one perspective remains glaringly absent: the voice of consumers. The exclusion of those most affected at …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
The Croatian government has launched a public consultation on a proposal to impose an excise tax of €0.20/ml on e-liquids—a move that would drastically raise the cost of vaping for consumers. Equally troubling is …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Fellow vapers! I’m Alberto and in this blog I’m going to tell you about my recent experience in Peru, a country where a new regulation for e-cigarettes is being discussed that could help save …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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