Michael Landl

Europe’s Vaping Black Market Is Booming. Politicians Need to Wake Up.

A new study by the Fraunhofer Institute and MRU GmbH has put some hard numbers on something vapers have known for a while: the illegal vape market in Europe is massive and growing fast. …
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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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Belgium Is About to Hand the Vape Market to Criminals

Belgium has already banned disposable vapes. Now there are discussions about going further — restricting or banning flavoured e-cigarettes. It sounds decisive. It is not. It is a policy that will grow the black …
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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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Aromenverbot: Wissenschaft versus Minister Rainer

Deutschland steht vor einem gesundheitspolitischen Knieschuss, befeuert durch ideologische Verblendung. Das geplante „De-facto-Aromenverbot“ ist nichts weniger als ein staatliches Konjunkturprogramm für den Schwarzmarkt und den Zigarettenkonsum. Durch ein Aromenverbot treibt die Regierung Millionen von …
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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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23 Scientific Experts Confront von der Leyen Over Commission’s “Damagin …

BRUSSELS, 27 February 2026 – In an open letter addressed to President Ursula von der Leyen, 23 of Europe’s leading scientific experts have condemned the European Commission for spreading “damaging misinformation” regarding the safety …
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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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L’avertissement néerlandais : la Belgique doit rejeter l’interdiction …

BRUXELLES, le 26 février 2026 – Le Conseil des ministres belge se réunira demain, 27 février, pour discuter d’une interdiction quasi totale des arômes pour les cigarettes électroniques. La proposition, introduite par le Ministre …
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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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Aromenverbot: Deutschlands Rückfall ins Zigaretten-Zeitalter

Deutschland steht vor einem gesundheitspolitischen Desaster. Während fast jeder dritte Erwachsene im Land raucht – eine Schockquote von fast 30 Prozent, die seit Jahren kaum sinkt – plant Landwirtschaftsminister Alois Rainer (CSU) den Frontalangriff …
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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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EU-STEUERHAMMER: Brüssel will Preise explodieren lassen! So macht Europa k …

WIEN / BRÜSSEL, 20. Februar 2026 – Kaum hat Österreich seine eigene neue Steuer auf E-Zigaretten, Nikotinbeutel und Zigaretten beschlossen, holt Brüssel zum Gegenschlag aus. Ein neues Geheim-Papier aus dem EU-Rat enthüllt: Die EU …
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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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Brussels Targets Ex-Smokers: EU Presidency Pushes 50% Hike in Proposed Vape …

BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM, 20 February 2026 – The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has joined a pan-European coalition of consumer groups in an open letter calling on the Swedish government to veto the latest draft of 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.
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Smears, Bots, and Bureaucrats: The Next Phase of the EU Attack on THR

In the final hours of the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC)* session on the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), a manoeuvre emerged that has left observers stunned. Andris Gobiņš, a Latvian member of 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.
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Australia’s Vape Prohibition is Fueling a Violent Black Market

CANBERRA, 13 February 2026– The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has officially submitted its evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, warning that Australia’s restrictive vaping laws are the primary driver of …
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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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