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Mouths Taped, Voices Heard – Protest Highlights Consumer Exclusion

Dublin, 23 June 2025 – Following yesterday’s lightshow, the World Vapers’ Alliance continues its “Voices Unheard – Consumers Matter!” campaign with a silent protest at the World Conference on Tobacco Control (WCTC). Demonstrators, their …
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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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Bloomberg’s War on Harm Reduction Faces Consumer Backlash at Tobacco Conf …

Dublin, 23 June 2025 – As the World Conference on Tobacco Control (WCTC) opens its doors in Dublin, a light show illuminated the conference centre tonight, visually representing the voices of millions of consumers …
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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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Croatian Government Proposes Harmful E-Liquid Tax and Shuts Down Public Deb …

Zagreb, 16 June 2025 – The Croatian government has proposed a punitive excise tax of €0.20 per millilitre on e-liquids, a measure that would dramatically increase prices for consumers who use vaping as a …
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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: EPSCO Should Learn from Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Greece

Brussels, 17 June 2025 – The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has issued an open letter to European health ministers ahead of this week’s EPSCO Council meeting, discussing the future of tobacco and nicotine policy. …
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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 Turns Vapers into Piggy Banks: Lives at Risk as EU Commission Pushes for …

Brussels, 12 June 2025 – The European Commission’s newly leaked plan to hike taxes on vaping products, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco is not about protecting public health—it’s a blatant cash grab. The leaked …
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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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WHO’s Flavour Ban Will Fuel Smoking and Black Markets

3 June 2025 – The World Health Organization’s latest push to ban flavours in vaping, nicotine pouches, and other nicotine products is a reckless attack on harm reduction and adult smokers’ right to quit. …
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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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World No Tobacco Day 2025: WHO’s Anti-Vaping Agenda Threatens Global Prog …

30 May 2025 – This World Vape Day, the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) is calling out the World Health Organization (WHO) for ignoring science and putting millions of lives at risk with its ongoing …
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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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Ignoring Science: UN’s Flawed Approach to Tobacco Control

19 May 2025 – The newly published draft United Nations declaration on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) aims to reduce global tobacco users by 150 million by 2030 – an 11.5% reduction from the current 1.3 …
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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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New Data: Brazil’s Vape Ban Fails as Vaping Surges 600%

Brasília, 30 April 2025 — The most recent data from IPEC shows that vaping in Brazil has increased by 600% since 2018, despite a total ban on e-cigarettes. This proves that, even under prohibition, …
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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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Schweiz: Verbot von Einweg-E-Zigaretten – ein Geschenk für den Schwa …

Bern, 18. April 2025 – Die World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) zeigt sich besorgt über die neuesten Forderungen nach einem Verbot von Einweg-E-Zigaretten in der Schweiz. Ein solches Verbot würde die Erfolge der Tabakschadensminimierung gefährden, …
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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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