Alberto Hernandez

Várhelyi’s Nicotine Math Doesn’t Add Up

In an interview published yesterday by Euractiv, Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said he hopes the EU’s tobacco and nicotine tax overhaul will be “agreed as part of the MFF package,” adding that “otherwise, health …
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The US is moving fast on pouches, the EU should follow its lead

Just last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised 11 new nicotine pouches to enter the American market, clearing them through the agency’s premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process.  That brings the …
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EU Health Commissioner Várhelyi Continues Misinformation Push on Nicotine

EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi posted an update on LinkedIn this week under the headline “New products, new risks: Europe’s tobacco rules must be fit for the future,” framing Brussels’ next move on tobacco …
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What South Korea Can Teach Europe About Taxing Nicotine

South Korea taxes nicotine pouches at more than four times the rate it taxes a pack of cigarettes. A new report from Smoke Free Sweden compares the results of that approach with Sweden’s, and …
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Consumidores argentinos celebran el Día Mundial del Vapeo, pero piden camb …

La World Vapers’ Alliance organizó el pasado fin de semana en Buenos Aires la acción Pateemos el tabaquismo con motivo del Día Mundial del Vapeo 2026. Los participantes lanzaron penales contra un arquero vestido …
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Argentina levanta la prohibición de los cigarrillos electrónicos

Buenos Aires, 4 de mayo de 2026 – Argentina ha dado un paso importante al levantar la prohibición de los cigarrillos electrónicos, vigente desde 2011, e introducir un marco normativo para los productos alternativos …
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Argentina Ends the Ban on Vapes

Buenos Aires, 4 May 2026 – Argentina has taken a major step by lifting the ban on vapes, in place since 2011, and introducing a regulatory framework for alternative nicotine products. The resolution issued …
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The Contradictions of the TPD Evaluation Report: Missing the Target, Attack …

The TPD evaluation report was supposed to deliver an objective, data-driven assessment of whether the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive has succeeded in protecting public health and putting the EU on track to achieve its …
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WVA slams TPD Evaluation Report as complacent and biased

Brussels, 2 April 2026 – The evaluation of the EU’s tobacco rules celebrates that the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is successfully reducing smoking despite the EU being on track to miss its 2040 smoke-free …
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The EU’s own advisers just backed “less harm, less tax”. Will the Cou …

The debate over how the EU should tax nicotine products has taken a significant turn. In its draft opinion on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TED), the European Economic and Social Committee …
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