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EU TED Negotiations Expose a Political Gamble, Not a Public Health Strategy

Brussels, 12 May 2026 – The latest EU Council draft compromise text on the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), reported by Politico and seen by World Vapers’ Alliance, shows that taxation of nicotine products is …
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FDA Authorizes First Fruit-Flavored Vapes for Adults: A (Tiny) Step in the …

6 May 2026 – The World Vapers’ Alliance welcomes the FDA’s decision to authorize some fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers in the United States. For the first time, the agency has approved non-tobacco …
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Argentina legalizou os vapes. O Brasil precisa seguir o exemplo.

Em 4 de maio de 2026, a Argentina encerrou 15 anos de proibição sobre cigarros eletrônicos. Através da Resolução 549/2026, o Ministério da Saúde argentino substituiu o veto total por um marco regulatório abrangente, …
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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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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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Belgium Bans Flavoured Vapes, Ignores the Evidence and Abandons Smokers

Brussels, 1 May 2026 — Belgium’s federal government has approved a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes, leaving only tobacco-flavoured and unflavoured products on the market from September 2028. The decision ignores a substantial body 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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Consumer Groups Across Europe Write to Commission: Stop the War on Harm Red …

Brussels, 13 April 2026 — Seven consumer organisations from across Europe have signed an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, urging them to rethink the …
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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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Sweden Is Now Smoke-Free. The EU Is Pushing Policies That Would Make That I …

1 April 2026 — New data from Sweden’s leading public health research institute, CAN, confirms that daily smoking among adults has fallen to just 3.7%, well below the WHO’s and EU’s 5% smoke-free threshold. …
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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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