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Another Open Letter to the EU

Seven pressure groups across Europe have written an open letter to the European Commission DG SANTE, Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission), and Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner for Health and Food Safety) requesting they …
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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 TPD Review Under Fire: Consumer Groups Demand Evidence-Based Tobacco Pol …

With the European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) soon to be revised, the tobacco policy debate in Europe is reaching a boiling point, revealing an ever-increasing divergence between scientific evidence and regulatory action. A rising …
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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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Sette associazioni contro la Commissione: “Politiche Ue incoerenti sui pr …

Una coalizione di sette associazioni di consumatori provenienti da diversi Paesi europei e realtà internazionali ha deciso di intervenire direttamente nel dibattito sulla futura politica europea in materia di nicotina, inviando una lettera aperta …
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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 Tax Opposed

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) draft opinion on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TED) has met with support from consumers and experts. They are calling on the European Union to follow “a risk‑based …
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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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TPD Attacked

The European Commission stands accused of undermining its own smoke-free ambitions and putting millions of lives at risk by targeting safer nicotine alternatives that are helping smokers to quit. The World Vapers Alliance and …
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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 attacks vaping as ‘gateway to nicotine addictions’

Addiction experts are attacking the European Commission for a report on its tobacco control efforts which says novel nicotine products, such as vaping, are “pulling a new generation into addiction”. Vaping and other new …
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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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Sigaretta elettronica e Tpd, polemica sull’Ue: “Report ideologico”

La valutazione della Direttiva sui prodotti del tabacco, pubblicata ieri dalla Commissione europea in vista della revisione della stessa, non ha tardato a suscitare reazioni. Nonostante il momento scelto, a ridosso delle festività pasquali, …
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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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Cherry-picking science: How Brussels buried the data that works

The European Commission has just published its evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive — the legal document that will shape tobacco and nicotine policy across the EU for the next decade. It is supposed to be …
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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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Cherry-Picking Science: WVA Condemns EU Tobacco Report

BRUSSELS, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The European Commission’s newly released evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is facing sharp criticism from the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) for what it describes as a “masterclass in cherry-picking …
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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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Countries embracing smoke-free alternatives see faster declines in smoking

A recent large-scale study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that nicotine pouches are increasingly serving as a transition tool for Americans looking to quit more hazardous tobacco habits. Conducted by Rutgers Health using …
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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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