WVA in the News

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Consumer organisations representing vape and nicotine pouch users across Europe have urged the Swedish government to reject a proposed EU compromise on harmonised nicotine taxation, warning it could undermine harm reduction and drive consumers back …

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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.
The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) warns that the European Commission’s “Better Regulation” agenda is drifting away from its purpose by sidelining the very citizens it claims to serve and using consultations as rubber stamps instead 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.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health has announced that it intends to introduce a complete and “non-negotiable” ban on all vape products – despite high smoking rates and a black-market threat. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad …

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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.
La Germania si prepara a un giro di vite contro le sigarette elettroniche, mettendo al bando mentolo, sucralosio e oltre una dozzina di additivi “rinfrescanti” utilizzati nei liquidi da inalazione. La bozza di regolamento …

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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.
A leaked revision of the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), recently circulated under the Cypriot presidency, has reignited the concern that Europe is drifting toward ideology-driven policy at the expense of public health outcomes. While …

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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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