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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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Faut-il interdire les arômes dans les cigarettes électroniques? Le kern e …

Le gouvernement a décidé de serrer la vis en ce qui concerne les fumeurs. Il avait commencé avec une annonce forte: interdire de fumer et de vapoter sur toutes les terrasses de l’Horeca (cafés, restaurants), à …
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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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I consumatori si appellano alla Svezia per difendere la sigaretta elettroni …

Difendere in sede europea gli strumenti di riduzione del danno da fumo e respingere, se necessario anche con il veto, la proposta di tassazione sui prodotti con nicotina, come le sigarette elettroniche. È quanto …
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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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Europe : des associations appellent la Suède à s’opposer à la taxation …

En juillet 2025, la Commission européenne publiait sa proposition de taxation des produits « du tabac ». Au programme de la proposition, une hausse des taxes sur les cigarettes, mais aussi et surtout, l’entrée en …
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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 nuove tasse, il Cese chiede equilibrio

Aumento della tassazione graduale e fiscalità proporzionata al profilo di rischio dei prodotti. Sono questi due dei punti chiave del parere del Comitato economico e sociale europeo sulla revisione della Direttiva europea sui prodotti …
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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 puts huge vape tax increase back on the table

The EU’s minimum tax on vapes will be increased by 50% according to a new draft of the Tobacco Taxation Directive dated 18th February and seen by Clearing the Air. In a previous proposal, …
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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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