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Sigarette elettroniche: il fronte proibizionista di Bruxelles contro le evi …

Le recenti dichiarazioni del commissario europeo alla Salute Olivér Várhelyi, in risposta a una interrogazione presentata dal deputato danese Kristoffer Storm, hanno riacceso uno scontro politico e scientifico sul tema della riduzione del danno …
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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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Commissioner Varhelyi Denies Science (again)

Brussels, 20.1.2026 – Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi has sparked sharp criticism following a written response to MEP Kristoffer Storm regarding nicotine products. When asked about the relative risks of smoke-free alternatives compared to smoking, 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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Presidenza cipriota propone ribasso della tassa Ue sulla sigaretta elettron …

Secondo una bozza di compromesso presentata dalla presidenza cipriota e visionata dalla testata Clearing the Air, le nuove tasse europee su sigarette elettroniche e prodotti a tabacco riscaldato, che dovrebbero entrare in vigore dal …
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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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Compromise proposal on tobacco ‘is opposite of harm reduction’

A leaked compromise proposal from the Cypriot presidency on the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive has drawn sharp criticism for undermining harm reduction. That has come despite it lowering some tax rates on vaping …
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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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Lower Rates, Same Disaster: EU Tobacco Tax Plan Lives On

Brussels, 16 January 2026 – A leaked draft of the European Council’s updated Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), reported by Clearing the Air, shows that tax rates on vaping products, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco …
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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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El plan europeo para la salud cardiovascular excluye la reducción de daño …

El consumo de tabaco continúa siendo uno de los principales factores prevenibles asociados a enfermedades cardiovasculares en Europa. Diversos estudios han vinculado el uso de cigarrillos con un mayor riesgo de infartos, accidentes cerebrovasculares y patologías …
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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 Health Commissioner spreads misinformation while EU misses smoke-free go …

18.12.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers Alliance (WVA) strongly criticises EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi for claiming in an interview with Euractiv that vaping, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco are “100 percent” as harmful …
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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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WVA attacks EU ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ for ignoring harm reduction

The European Commission’s newly published Safe Hearts Plan promises to tackle Europe’s cardiovascular burden. Instead of using harm reduction as a prevention and smoking cessation aid, it singles out safer nicotine products as part …
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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 to fast track new nicotine laws: proposal expected next year

The European Commission has announced that revisions to its tobacco control laws will be fast tracked, with a proposal now expected next year. A leaked draft of its Cardiovascular plan – now renamed the Safe …
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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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Atención | Vapeadores: una mina de oro de impuestos que el gobierno no con …

En plena temporada cuando las cámaras y organismos empresariales presionan para que no se les aumenten los impuestos, hay un sector que quiere que los regulen y les cobren más impuestos: los vapeadores. Mientras se …
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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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